Uh-Oh: The Problematic Tax Breaks of ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’. Did her show receive a subsidy?

National Review ^ | 03/30/2011 | Jim Geraghty

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

If limited government is to mean something

Geraghty can't see the difference between a state government and the federal government doing this. If I was Governor, I'd have tax credits too to lure businesses and jobs.The film industry is very lucrative because that means money is spent on hotels, restaurants, catering, travel, etc. In fact, states are SUPPOSED to be doing this in the first place, without Washington sucking up the money and then redistributing it back to states in crumbs.

Pure desperate and pathetic hit piece that's already been destroyed.

[raybbr]

They doubled their money!!!

In what way?

[crazyhorse691]

The show spent $3.6 million on production in the state, the tax credits were for $1.2million. In my wierd way of looking at it the state investment of $1.2m produced $3.6m. It’s that type of return that most states were hoping for when they passed the tax credits for in state movie production. Hope that explains it.

[raybbr]

The show spent $3.6 million on production in the state, the tax credits were for $1.2million. In my wierd way of looking at it the state investment of $1.2m produced $3.6m. It’s that type of return that most states were hoping for when they passed the tax credits for in state movie production. Hope that explains it.

Okay, I see your point. I guess that would depend if the 3.6 million was all spent in the state?

[PaleoBob]

It’s sad what has become of National Review. So many phonies now.

[IrishCatholic]

It wasn't Sarah Palin’s company.
It was Mark Burnett's. He is the Survivor Guy.
Sarah was hired by the company for the show.
The profits, the costs, all were for Burnett, not Palin.
She was simply the face for it, and was paid for it.

So, the controversy was a lie. Mark Burnett is the guy getting the tax break. Palin had nothing to do with it. Other Alaskan shows probably get the same tax break.

This was shoddy journalism. Nothing more.

[ak267]

didn’t she sign this law BEFORE she was picked for McCain’s VP slot? dang, now she’ clairvoyant !!!!

[curth]

Actually the film credits helped Alaska more than anything else.

[curth]

God knows how much the show brought to the local economy. Shopping, meals etc.

[TXnMA]

Only $1.2 million? What a bargain! Alaska easily got over ten times that in good-will advertising from Sarah’s program...

[octex]

***Picayune ain’t just a city in Mississippi...***

Right! It was the brand of a very potent cigarette that I often smoked when a teen in the 1950s!

That being said..... The left is really afraid of Palin, as they go after her for doing what was essentially a travelogue/turism series for her state of Alaska. All states pay millions each year to promote tourism.

[octex]

Exactly! ...Consider TV series done here in my DFW area, like Walker-Texas Ranger and Dallas. Then there all of those done in SanFran, LosAng, Boston, NYC, Chicago, etc. Beyond the TV there are all of the movies made in such cities.

Every one of those cities provides incentives for the TV or movie productions, which employ many locals and adds considerably to the patronage of hotels and restaurants; not to mention the increase in tax revenue and promotion for the cities regarding possible tourism.