Seems Only Fair

Posted on | April 11, 2009 | 1 Comment

I love having such quick & easy access to the Wall Street Journal, especially at the Kindle price (much more affordable than the dead tree version) One of the best parts is the letters to the editor; whether our locals are not as articulate, or our paper just chooses not to print the good letters, we see nothing of this quality (in humor, in depth) in the AZ Repugnant. This one is even written by an Arizonan:

Time to Cap Pay of Subsidized Actors
I’m outraged after reading about actors making millions of dollars for movies that lose money (“Hollywood Squeezes Stars’ Pay in Slump,” page one, April 2), and this, after the studios receive taxpayer subsidies from film locations in the form of tax waivers, among other things. They’re allowed to walk away with millions from a failed movie. Where was the oversight?
I hope Congress reacts with another 90% tax on anything actors make over $250,000. That would only be fair.

Cecily Buell
Flagstaff, Ariz.

It would only be fair, after all. Most of the celebs seem to be in favor of increased taxes, anyway…though it seems they would prefer not to pay them themselves (much like Obama’s intended appointees)

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