If A Playwright Ran the NEA

This is an oldie, but a goody from the LA Times. Jon Robin Baitz on what he would do to the National Endowment for the Arts:

I would attempt to pass legislation on a special tax dedicated to the NEA for all artists who make over half a million dollars a year from their work.

I would create a new version of the Federal Arts Project of the 1930s and '40s, which would also be funded by this surtax from the artists who have succeeded.

Baitz, a playwright, has enjoyed much success as the creator of ABC's Brothers and Sisters.