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Post by 65if2007 on Jun 29, 2011 14:38:57 GMT -5
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Post by JoJo on Jun 29, 2011 17:39:12 GMT -5
Oh cmon' it's fun to get together and sing a tune..
But anyway, it's not so hard to understand, he was in a top earning bracket, and the tax cuts that Reagan was promising would seem attractive to someone who may have started to think about his "earth plane" issues. Of course tax cuts without corresponding spending cuts, well... Ask David Stockman about that.
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Post by 65if2007 on Jun 30, 2011 0:15:04 GMT -5
Oh cmon' it's fun to get together and sing a tune.. But anyway, it's not so hard to understand, he was in a top earning bracket, and the tax cuts that Reagan was promising would seem attractive to someone who may have started to think about his "earth plane" issues. Of course tax cuts without corresponding spending cuts, well... Ask David Stockman about that. It's fun to get together and sing a tune, but "Imagine" is a holier-than-thou song. That is to say, the people singing it -- especially those who sing it in unison -- "imagine" that they are morally superior to those who don't really want to "imagine" the sort of world portrayed by that song. I have no idea how American taxation codes apply to foreign nationals living in the country and earning their income here. Presumably, the codes apply more or less the same, but if Lennon really did become more politically conservative, I doubt very much that it was because he studied his finances like a bookkeeper and concluded that a Republican administration would be better for his bottom line. Reagan actually garnered the votes of a number of ex-radicals: David Horowitz and Eldridge Cleaver and Eugene McCarthy, to name a few off the top of my head. There was a lot of disillusionment with the Carter administration, so in that light, it's probably not that surprising that Lennon would become a part of it. But I don't even necessarily take this story at face value -- though again, the idea that John Lennon might have become a Reaganaut at the end would be a huge joke on the "Imagine" crowd. But it's quite possible Lennon experimented with political conservatism in much the same inquisitive manner that he would experiment with a new drug or a new book or a new anything. He might have assumed the same interest in Ronald Reagan that he once had in Alistair Crowley or Lewis Carroll. |
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Post by JoJo on Jun 30, 2011 16:55:35 GMT -5
I didn't get around to writing it, but a similar thought crossed my mind, as John tended to try new things at a quick pace. By don't be so quick to dismiss the tax issue, all the Beatles were looking for tax shelter ideas back in the early days, so it may have crossed his mind again. The "earth plane" comment (meaning he was now not just thinking of 'spiritual' matters) was one John made somewhere.. either in the Playboy interview, or perhaps as a story told in Seaman's own book, not sure. (btw, Fred Seaman is the one who is now making this claim for those who didn't visit the link)
In spite of the trouble Fred got into with the stolen Lennon diaries, I don't necessarily believe he is being untruthful with this or with the portrayal of life with the Lennons he made in his book either. It seems like some people were a bit bitter about hearing the unvarnished truth, not just those involved.. Many fans were also a bit upset.
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