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	<title>The Lunatic Fringe in the Middle &#187; Opinion</title>
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		<title>Open letter to NAB president regarding the Performance &#8216;Tax&#8217; Act</title>
		<link>http://www.pegwood.com/blog/2010/04/open-letter-to-nab-president-regarding-performance-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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What follows is a copy of a letter sent to NAB&#8217;s president-CEO in response to a published quote of his.





Date: 
04-26-10


To: 
NAB President-CEO Gordon Smith


From: 
Brian Ascenzo, Pegwood Arts


Re: 
Performance &#8216;tax&#8217;




Mr. Smith,


Speaking as both a BMI composer/musician and NAB member, I must voice my mixed reactions and thoughts with regards to your latest media quote:

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		<title>Attack of the Giant Page 425</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you have gotten this email.
B-note: This is a partial quote from the email. He cites several dozen more, but these are the &#8220;horrifying, shocker&#8221; lines referred to and originally printed by the author in red.
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I URGE YOU TO READ THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND IF YOU DON&#8217;T LIKE WHAT IS THERE TO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Communazisocialerisms&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Oxford University Press:
Socialism
refers to any one of various theories of economic organization advocating public or collective ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with a more egalitarian method of compensation.
Communism
a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finances, Schminances &#8211; Part 4</title>
		<link>http://www.pegwood.com/blog/2009/08/finances-schminances-part-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Part Four: Epilogue
Unfortunately, rate gouging to maintain margins is common practice for finance-based companies. They hold everyone hostage by controlling the money, charging for doing it, and penalizing you past your means if you get behind.
I don&#8217;t know, that sounds like extortion without the broken limbs, to me.
And that &#8220;new deal at the table&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finances, Schminances &#8211; Part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part Three: They Get Us Where We Live
In the housing industry, it all comes together &#8211; every form of margining, gouging, and fee wrangling takes place in the cavalcade of paperwork and fine print the unwary homebuyer faces.
Here&#8217;s how it works.
&#8220;Ed&#8221; watches some house-flipping show on TV.
He&#8217;s fascinated and thinks he can easily pull it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finances, Schminances &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part Two: The Monster Grows
So, all of our financial companies hit the Wall Street Casino with our collective cash from all our monthly payments, and it&#8217;s not going well. There&#8217;re way too many people betting on the same things and driving up the bets. Everyone has to raise their rates to make sure they keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finances, Schminances &#8211; An oversimplified conceptual explanation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part One: Genesis
One of the themes of President Obama&#8217;s administration that draws controversy is the idea of &#8220;redistributing&#8221; wealth. Depending on your point of view, this is either nobly responsible or outright larceny. Or if you don&#8217;t fancy yourself to be a &#8220;liberal&#8221; or &#8220;conservative&#8221; (I don&#8217;t like to use the terms &#8211; they don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare? What&#8217;s That?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has said there are 50 million Americans without health insurance.
Critics have said &#8220;show me one American without access to health care&#8221;.
I am the person Obama is talking about.
I&#8217;m a self-employed single musician.
Health insurance for me is at least $400-$700 a month, so I don&#8217;t have it.
In any case, no one will cover my [...]]]></description>
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