{"id":16955,"date":"2013-01-02T09:50:11","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16955"},"modified":"2013-01-02T09:51:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T14:51:03","slug":"hollywood-gets-rewarded-for-its-support-of-president-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16955","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Gets Rewarded For Its Support Of President Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Money talks. I hate to be cynical, but money talks. Breitbart.com<\/a> reported yesterday that the\u00a0production tax incentives<\/a>\u00a0favorable to the domestic entertainment industry<\/a> enacted by Congress<\/a> in 2004, extended in 2008 and scheduled to expire in 2011, have been extended through 2013. The bill passed to avoid the fiscal cliff increases taxes<\/a> on 77 percent of Americans<\/a>, but Hollywood<\/a> gets a tax break.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The original tax incentive<\/a> applied to productions costing less than $15 million to make ($20 million in low-income<\/a> areas). The 2008 extension applies to all films<\/a>, up to a deduction of $15 million (or $20 million in low-income areas). The incentive is especially generous to television series; it applies to each TV<\/a> episode.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hollywood players routinely beg the government to raise their taxes so they can pay their “fair share.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yet the industry moves new productions to places where existing tax breaks help its bottom line. That means plenty of shows and films are shot in states like New Mexico<\/a>, which feature highly favorable tax rates, as well as destinations north of the border with similar perks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It really is time to find some honest legislators to redo the tax code. I believe that there are a few men of principle in our government; unfortunately there are too few of them to accomplish what needs to be done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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