You have probably seen a lot of his projects without ever knowing his name, but Producer Darryl Taja, President of Epidemic Pictures and Management (www.epidemicpictures.com), is a quiet power behind some huge Hollywood hits. Over the last decade, he has made quite a name for himself. Not just as a film producer, but as a highly respected go-to guy in the film industry and, the business community at large. Sought after for sound business consulting and much more, Taja has carved out his niche. In an open letter he so generously is allowing the CRAP chute to publish, he urges all to get involved and force Congress to act responsibly to solve the Fiscal Cliff.
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I am what many may refer to as the epitome of the American Dream. In 1995, on my 25th birthday, I moved to California
Ladies and Gentlemen, a decision has been made. A referendum of sorts. And as a result, one could argue that a shift in the balance of power has taken place. On Tuesday, November 6th 2012, the American People made a choice, in decisive fashion. We took back our America. We chose not to let the election be bought and sold by the robber-barons of this country. We chose to exercise our substantial power. The People’s power. We chose to re-elect President Barack Obama, who just may well be the most consequential person in modern history… well, at least, in my lifetime. A man of truth. A man of integrity. A man of courage. And before Tuesday, a man besieged by a right-wing-fringe group within the Republican Party, known as, “The Tea Party”, which had taken the American People and its government hostage. And by the way, they have held the more reasonable Republicans hostage as well, not just the President; consequently, creating democratic gridlock. Using tactics of intimidation - carrying guns to political rallies, screaming out treasonous, racial epithets directed at the President of our United States, purposely spewing ideological hatred, propaganda and misinformation to the American People in public forum, and openly calling for revolution (Donald Trump beware) against fellow Americans, should be denounced and ostracized by, We, The American People. I’ll go so far as to say, that maybe they should be treated as a threat to the National Security of this great country. Ultimately, I’ll leave that up to the lawmakers, because there seems to be a blurry line between freedom of speech and treasonous rhetoric. Either way, that kind of behavior should not be tolerated in America and we’ll need to eradicate such civil insurgency to bring this country together, in order to survive as a nation.
That brings me to my next point. There will be a lot of opinion-makers who are going to write about our President’s latest battle with these uninformed, partisan, ideologues – the “fiscal cliff”. They’ll write that the “fiscal cliff” is approaching at light speed, and we must act quickly… and they will be right. There’s been a clear choice of direction by the people, yet the GOP refuses to budge on their intractable stance of not raising taxes. Regardless of their intransigency, all of our taxes increase automatically on January 2nd, 2013, with the expiration of the Bush tax cuts. I could spew all the rhetoric about Tea Party favorite Paul Ryan’s mathematically-impossible-mystery-budget-plan that could be cataclysmic to our country’s economic prospects if the terrorists get their way. The core of their philosophy is that they want to put more money in the pockets of rich people who don’t need the money by giving them tax cuts, increasing the debt to the tune of another $5 trillion over 10 years, which would place the majority of the burden of debt reduction on the middle class, seniors and the poor, by cutting the programs that benefit them most. I could espouse about how President Obama’s plan simply asks people who are still prospering during these tough economic times to do their civic duty and pay their fair share, since they’ve already benefitted from the inequities of the system. I could really be a policy wonk and tell you that 8% of spending cuts in the President’s plan come from low-income and anti-poverty programs, while 58% of the cuts in Ryan’s plan come from low-income programs. I could tell you that the President’s plan has a balanced approach, raising revenues for the country by asking the wealthy to pay a slight bit more in taxes, while cutting $640 billion in spending over the next 10 years; while Ryan’s plan, which the GOP seems to love, will likely increase spending at least $3 trillion during the same time period by adding unsolicited increases in defense spending, along with Medicare and other programs, that undoubtedly will benefit the billionaires that have a hand in Ryan’s pockets. I could tell you that almost every “legitimate” (the GOP loves that word - Todd Akin) economist says that by adopting the President’s “go-big” approach we would stabilize the markets, boost economic growth and spur job creation by reducing the uncertainty about our economic and political future. I could tell you a whole lot of facts and figures, in order to impress you with my command of both the English lexicon and my eidetic memory or retention level of political talking points… but I’m not going to do that.
Instead, I’m going to say this. “It is really simple people. You already made the choice on November 6th. Talk to your friends, neighbors and representatives. Galvanize your power. The People’s power. Ignore the propaganda. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Karl Rove and Grover Norquist have all gotten a resounding “F” grade from the People of the United States America
--- Darryl Taja
President of Epidemic Pictures & Management
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