The Byzantine Pineapple (Part 1) (Book) - 5/19/2020 7:52:53 AM
I learned more from your two "expert" reviews than your book descriptions. Especially the first one that describes what your vision is for a country that isn't operating under Byzantine rules. I agree with you, equality and fairness trump greed and political/social climbing any day. I see from your bio that your background is similar to mine. A lot can be learned from studying production operations.
I'm a bit surprised that the book is only 82 pages long and that you don't seem to have any Amazon reviews yet. I am not reading books and have a stack of them from other authors on my desk that I haven't read, so I will pass on yours. Good luck with your ideas. I hope they catch hold among American citizens and then spread around the world like a pandemic.
Ron
The Byzantine Pineapple - Part 1 (Rev 8) (Short Story) - 4/12/2016 7:22:43 AM
While your definition of the Byzantine Pineapple is quite understandable and brief, you fall into the category of technical writers that have a great deal of difficulty writing what you want to say. For example, you use a lot of repetition that really doesn't improve the reader's understanding. It probably confuses them.
I noticed according to your sections of the essay, you seem to be getting around to a flat tax. While I agree that taxes are entirely overly complicated because so many laws have been enacted to give special tax breaks to special interests and attempts to try to correct inequities that often don't work, I don't agree that a flat tax is a solution.
Progressive taxation was enacted in the early part of the 20th century after robber barons had gathered all the "low hanging fruit" from the environment and cheap immigrant labor. That kind of scenario is again occurring this century. A simple, progressive tax rate with no exceptions will solve the problem.
Ron
