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Film companies' tax break extension awaits signature
Sacramento Bee ^ | 9/2/12 | Jim Sanders

Posted on 09/02/2012 9:47:19 AM PDT by SmithL

A $100 million annual tax break for California motion picture companies would be extended under legislation headed to Gov. Jerry Brown.

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: goldenstate; hollywierd; yourtaxdollarsatwork
So Hollywierd can afford to complain about evil capitalists.
1 posted on 09/02/2012 9:47:20 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

No tax cuts for the rich!


2 posted on 09/02/2012 9:48:02 AM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: SmithL

How come they get a tax cut?

Why aren’t they paying their fair share?


3 posted on 09/02/2012 9:49:48 AM PDT by Tzimisce (THIS SUCKS)
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To: SmithL

There’s talk in the movie business, that more and more movies and TV shows are not being made in California, because of tax breaks and lower costs of doing business in other states.


4 posted on 09/02/2012 9:50:24 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SmithL

All these hypocrite Hollywood libs complain about Romney having investments offshore........... while a large part of their filming is done in Vancouver CANADA. For tax and cost reasons.


5 posted on 09/02/2012 9:54:28 AM PDT by llevrok (2012 : This is a civil war, not an election)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Production in CA is down by 80%-90%, the vast majority of all production is now being done elsewhere, funny how they don’t give a damn about the hundreds and thousands of OTHER businesses leaving for greener pastures or simply closing, or the Millions of people leaving the State for Lower Tax States, but the Useless,Marxist Hollywood Ninny crowd that constantly whines and bitches about other peoples problems which they cannot do anything about appear to be Special. Why is beyond me.


6 posted on 09/02/2012 10:07:15 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: SmithL

No more tax breaks and subsidies for Hollyweird!


7 posted on 09/02/2012 10:21:29 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: SmithL

A beautiful lose-lose. Movie makers already shooting in other locales and now if CA doesn’t keep the tax break, even more will leave.

Perfect. Storm.


8 posted on 09/02/2012 10:26:16 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....The days are long, but the years are short.....)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I read an article last week about the 25th anniversary of Dirty Dancing. The only way the movie could be made since no one really wanted the script was to move it to the NON-union states of Va and NC, stay in local resorts, etc. The article was filled with quotes of elitist snobs, “at least they looked like New Yorkers” “looked Jewish” “I’m not staying in a resort with THOSE people” etc.

But when the bottom line was the bottom line, there they were, cutting costs to make it happen.


9 posted on 09/02/2012 10:33:07 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Now a Chick-fil-A customer . . . God bless Dan Cathy)
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To: SmithL

Most of the people in that industry can’t wait to see our taxes raised.

I can’t believe the number of movies that now look as if they are trying to mimic and honor amoral hedonist deeply twisted sub-human swine.

And yet, they don’t want their taxes raised, as they continue to pump this filth out.

Frankly, cancel their tax breaks, and impose a 75% tax on their profits, and I’ll be anxious to see if the air over our nation doesn’t suddenly become a lot cleaner.

I enjoy a good movie, like anyone else. I am however amazed at what percentage of current movies I would be unable to recommend to my parents, or my adult children. Absolutely nothing is taboo anymore. And that’s rapidly becoming the case for prime-time television as well.


10 posted on 09/02/2012 10:33:51 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Americans want what Americans always wanted: Better lives for families; little government authority.)
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To: SaxxonWoods
Buck Knifes was an El CAjon CA based company that fled the state for Idaho. Here are some articles and videos that show that CA did nothing to keep manufacturing or lower level jobs here however millionaire movie stars get tax breaks.

http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060326/news_lz1n26buckkni.html';

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_NlbEbbzCo

Politicans only care about their rich democratic friends here in California not the people who make the state great.

11 posted on 09/02/2012 10:44:43 AM PDT by Kozy (Calling Al Gore)
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To: SmithL

High paid actors and over payed union thugs sucking on the tax payer teat.


12 posted on 09/02/2012 10:52:42 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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