{"id":5733,"date":"2011-09-16T13:15:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T17:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=5733"},"modified":"2011-09-16T13:15:33","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T17:15:33","slug":"should-snooki-get-a-tax-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=5733","title":{"rendered":"Should Snooki Get A Tax Break ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jerseyshore.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jersey Shore (TV series)\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/0\/0f\/Jerseyshore.png\" alt=\"Jersey Shore (TV series)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/stimulating-snooki-nj-taxpayers-out-420k-for-mtvs-jersey-shore\/\">The Blaze<\/a>\u00a0is reporting today that New Jersey must reimburse the producers of that classic television show &#8220;Jersey Shore&#8221;\u00a0$420,000 thanks to a now-suspended tax credit program. Governor Christie suspended the\u00a0Economic Development Authority in 2010, but all deals made before that have to be honored.<\/p>\n<p>I attempted to watch &#8220;Jersey Shore&#8221; once. I lasted about five minutes. Admittedly, I am long past my teenage and young-adult angst, but the show just struck me as being about some very shallow, self-centered people who were not very entertaining. Among the cast, there seemed to be barely enough intelligence and common sense to fill a teacup. I spent my teenage years in New Jersey, and I can honestly say that the show does not depict the Jersey Shore I remember.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Less than a decade ago, only five states offered financial incentives to movie makers, but by 2010, almost every state in the union had a film commission and a package to offer producers. These generous\u00a0tax breaks for movies and TV seemed to have gone under the radar until recently. A combination of budget problems and<a href=\"http:\/\/realfilmcareer.com\/?p=4600\" target=\"_blank\"> abuses discovered within some of the systems<\/a> slowed the amount of money being offered by states to filmmakers. However, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sag.org\/state-film-incentives\" target=\"_blank\"> Screen Actors Guild<\/a> website lists all of the state film commission offices which contains offers of rebates\/tax credits from 10% to 40%. (Puerto Rico has the most generous package.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tax breaks for movies probably do generate short-term revenue, but it&#8217;s a shame that the states cannot demand a higher quality product!<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=2247d33f-e90e-43bc-8d50-8abee4e04608\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blaze\u00a0is reporting today that New Jersey must reimburse the producers of that classic television show &#8220;Jersey Shore&#8221;\u00a0$420,000 thanks to a now-suspended tax credit program. 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