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Old 02-13-2009, 08:53 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by Charbax View Post
On the contrary, the authors are starving as things are today. Only an extremely few authors are full time authors the way things work today with publishing companies controlling the whole system.

My Obama tax suggestion will result in 4 million new authors worldwide living full time being authors. Basically which amounts to all the worlds bloggers and online authors being able to share $100 billion yearly resources worldwide.

Not $1 should go to publishers though. If authors will want to hire copyeditors or profetional translators, it'll be their choice. None of which should be contractually obligated ever again to share any of their intellectual propriety revenues with publishing companies.
Show me one example of government not diverting money away from its intended purpose into a politicians coffers, and I'll show you an issue that hasn't been investigated yet.

New Orleans's levees anyone?
How about all that lottery money that was supposed to go to schools?
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