PROPOSAL

Ultimately it's the band's responsibility to make things work.

If the band has a gig, and they haven't practiced, maybe they'll be good or maybe they'll suck and get relieved and sent home. Maybe they'll break up.

These days the government is considered to be responsible for making sure we're prepared and help if we aren't.

They are the guitar techs, but they're also the amp manufacturers and the owner of the club. And the autotune. And it's a lot of little bits to keep track of, from plugs to knobs to the lease to getting the beer

Rather than making them pay more taxes, why not given the more well of to option to be the guitar techs, or make their own amps, or build a nicer club with sprinklers and everything. Or be in the band. I'm sure there are some who could fund it and run it, and get some buses in when's there's trouble.

Sean Penn for Head of FEMA.