Tax on Night Clubs Costs 5,000 Jobs of Entertainers
15,000 out of work May 1 Seen as Sequel to New 30% Amusements Levy
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Gotta love those Democrats in government. Who would ever imagine that taxing the bejabbers out of something would cause unemployment or business closures? It’s not as if they had any historical data to go on!
Taxes and growing labor union strength helped end the Big Band Era in jazz and pushed it towards Bebop with small combos that had fewer permanent members. Very much overlooked government influence on music!