Oh please lets not get on a political subject on this list!!!!! dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Brad Lehman Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 11:27 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Fairer Taxation Chris R. wrote: > > I have a proposal for a tax plan that I think would be great for > America and reward those who put in a full days work: > > Set the income tax rate based on hourly pay, not yearly income. > Amt. earned per year / # of hours worked = income/hour. > How does one attach any meaningful hourly rate to a creative project such as the authorship of a book? Or the months of thinking, preparation, and any-spare-moment tweaking that go into the writing of a (say) 2000-word article that earns some flat fee? Or the preparation time and expertise that went into the playing of a concert that earned some flat fee? Brad Lehman
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