Posted on 06/21/2010 9:09:31 AM PDT by MichCapCon
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Apparently, fame can be fleeting in the movie industry, even if you are just a Michigan business trying to cash-in on it. The Oink Joint, a diner in Birch Run Township, made a public relations splash after it was featured in the 2009 Drew Barrymore movie "Whip It."
The building — formerly Ken’s Diner — was part of the filming for the movie in 2008, and then the fictional diner was made into a real-life diner with the same name, using menus from the movie.
Governing magazine mentioned the Oink Joint in its June 2010 issue story about Michigan's film tax incentives. That article talks about how a shuttered diner was reopened as the Oink Joint after all the local notoriety.
The only problem? The Oink Joint closed several months ago, according to Birch Run Township officials.
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I say we eliminate ALL income tax and just tax EVIL CORPORATIONS!!!!
(The stupid people will not understand that THEY pay most corporate taxes in the form of higher cost of good sold- even democraps should jump on board this idea)
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