You think NYC gets a lot of help from the rest of the USA?
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Only if you count $785 billion as "a lot."
But I don't understand this appeal for contributions. As much as I like the Opry, isn't it insured? (I assume the answer is "yes," and if it happens to be "no," that will be a strong argument against me letting it anywhere near my money.) Its own update doesn't broach the topic of donations:
http://www.opry.com/about/message.html
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