| Posted by: Scott H351 at March 19, 2008, 5:54 pm | | Topic: Hollywood North says Canada's tax plan is censorship Forum: groupsrv | | Quote:TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's film and television industry is screaming censorship over a government plan to cut tax credits for productions with graphic scenes of sex and violence, warning the plan could water down edgy Canadian films. "Cutting tax credits" is NOT censorship, FFS! Get back to us when someone is censored/arrested for making an "edgy" movie with their own money... Scott -- * The power to tax is the power to destroy. * Any gov't big enough to give you everything is big enough to take it all away. * When politicians get ideas, we lose money & freedom. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Agent Smith at March 6, 2008, 12:40 pm | | Topic: Hollywood North says Canada's tax plan is censorship Forum: groupsrv | | really real <reallyreal@shaw.ca> wrote in news:5_Tzj.51296$pM4.31448 @pd7urf1no: Quote:TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's film and television industry is screaming censorship over a government plan to cut tax credits for productions with graphic scenes of sex and violence, warning the plan could water down edgy Canadian films. Corporate welfare bums. You got it, Ace. Someone told me yesterday that the American Government gives tax credits to all American films, despite their content. Who was it that told you this? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: really real at March 6, 2008, 11:21 am | | Topic: Hollywood North says Canada's tax plan is censorship Forum: groupsrv | | Quote: TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's film and television industry is screaming censorship over a government plan to cut tax credits for productions with graphic scenes of sex and violence, warning the plan could water down edgy Canadian films. Corporate welfare bums. You got it, Ace. Someone told me yesterday that the American Government gives tax credits to all American films, despite their content. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Agent Smith at March 6, 2008, 8:59 am | | Topic: Hollywood North says Canada's tax plan is censorship Forum: groupsrv | | RichA wrote: Hollywood North says Canada's tax plan is censorship By Natalie Armstrong Tue Mar 4, 6:24 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080304/film_nm/films_dc_1 TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's film and television industry is screaming censorship over a government plan to cut tax credits for productions with graphic scenes of sex and violence, warning the plan could water down edgy Canadian films. Corporate welfare bums. You got it, Ace. | | Static Link |
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