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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 05:49 PM Original message |
A perfect illustration of WHY our jobs keep heading overseas |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's just good old fashioned |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The Australian film board subsidizes HUNDREDS of films every year |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Austrailia *also* has lower corporate taxes. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Got a link for that? They *also* have socialized health care |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yep |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. A link that doesn't work. nt |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Works for me. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. here's the data |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:11 PM Original message |
I saw a great one here while visiting Melbourne--Bran Nue Dae |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. It's likely not a good long term investment strategy, however. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. $120M for a movie? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Pretty standard for a film with a lot of artists on board. But films usually generate |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Common but not standard. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Actually, it is pretty standard. But the OP is about how government chooses to invest |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Yes, it was loud and clear to me. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. And now half the cast of Spiderman IV will be killed by poisonous spiders and snakes. n/t |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. corporate welfare racing to the bottom.. |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. Australia also has nationalized health care, and many "socialist" programs |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Just look what corporate welfare has done for China... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's a shame they have to pay to get our studios for that. Their people provide some of the profit |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Are not most of the major movie studios based in the US? |
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