Read previewLots of consumers like streaming music. Lots of musicians complain about streaming — they say it doesn't generate nearly as much revenue for them as they deserve and need. So here's a proposal to help fix that: a tax that would increase American consumers' music streaming bills by 50% — meaning you'd pay an extra $4 to $10 a month for services like Spotify or Apple Music. I don't believe there was ever a time that Americans supported a 50% tax hike on anything, for any reason. But when we got on the phone to discuss the bill this month, he said it's supposed to be taken literally and seriously.

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Persons: —, Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman, Tlaib, Damon Krukowski, I'm, it's, Krukowski, you've, Taylor Organizations: Service, Apple, Business, Wage, Act, Rep, United Musicians, Allied Workers, Spotify Locations: Michigan, New York