Atlas Shrugged the movie

People invest in movie projects for different reasons. Tax loss write-offs are one obvious reason. I was never into the movie business but my ex wife is into it in a big way--- it's likely the most difficult place to raise capital, but apparently some folks like it.
 
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Judging by the numbers, not even the Paul Reveres in the Tea Party went to see it.
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I don't think it was marketed properly. I would have never heard of it had I not read about it on elite.
 
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Hardly. It is you Far Rightsters who are totally unwilling to look at the revenue side of the equation in the face of the obvious. First, the treasury is obliterated with trickle down, and now you want to fix it solely with spending cuts. Talk about a one-way agenda...
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1. I'm not a far rightster. I don't like taxes is all.

2. I've repeatedly stated that government needs taxes and revenue, just not as much as they currently extort.

3. I was speaking about government in general, not the USA specifically. Why you turn every discussion into an American political one is beyond me.

Once again, you show your ignorance and make unfounded assumptions. Silly Far Leftsters.
 
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1. I'm not a far rightster. I don't like taxes is all...
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Nuff said. No, really.
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2. I've repeatedly stated that government needs taxes and revenue, just not as much as they currently extort...
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And what would be a suitable amount? Other than the ubiquitous "less?"
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3. I was speaking about government in general, not the USA specifically. Why you turn every discussion into an American political one is beyond me...
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"In general?" How decisively vague. Always a back door, eh? How about Canada? You want to talk about Canada's corporate tax rates compared to the rest of the G8 nations?
 
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Really? Including the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, whose analyses are based on the work of independent, nonpartisan authorities such as the Congressional Budget Office, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Government Accountability Office? That "leftist shill site?"

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=165

Economists Across the Political Spectrum Reject Claims that Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves

While serious economists are divided on the question of whether and under what circumstances tax cuts are good for the economy, there is no such debate on the question of whether tax cuts pay for themselves. Economists from across the political spectrum reject the latter assertion.

In recent testimony before Congress’s Joint Economic Committee, Edward Lazear, current chairman of President Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors, stated, “I certainly would not claim that tax cuts pay for themselves.”

Keep those guns a-blazing, Sam.
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Way to dodge the corporate tax issue. The CBO? Hardly a reliable source these days. And again, you don't even address spending cuts. Billions could be reduced immediately.

Apparently, though, you have nothing better to do than drive-by posts on here all day. You're certainly not a successful trader and it's unlikely you've achieved anything other than being envious of others who achieve more. Let me guess..you hired that SSI Disability attorney on TV and now you get "crazy checks" every month for being "bipolar" in addition to raiding your state's entitlement programs?

For an idea of what your big spending, budgets-don't-matter, kill-the-rich, regulate/unionize to death ideas lead to, look at California. They had a nice surplus in 1999 and now they're worse off than some of Europe's socialist slum states.
 
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...And again, you don't even address spending cuts...
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Everyone is discussing spending cuts, where possible. That's a given. Only the Right is uniformly silent on revenue gains, which is the elephant in the room you simply won't acknowledge.
 
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3 million box office.
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You are either exaggerating by 50%, or already added the worldwide take. :)

Edit: My bad, I was looking at the wrong column, it is indeed 3 mill....

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People invest in movie projects for different reasons. Tax loss write-offs
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Sure. I am confident that Trump bankrupted his casinos for that reason too... :)

By the way there is a movie thingy called word of mouth. A true gem doesn't need advertisement, people will talk about it...

Hey, I am opening up the betting line on Part2 getting made in the next 2 years. Any takers???
 
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Nuff said. No, really.
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You consider people who don't like taxes to be far right? Perhaps this is just your ignorance showing, so I'll leave this alone.


And what would be a suitable amount? Other than the
ubiquitous "less?"
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A suitable amount would be enough to pay for essential services such as the military, infrastructure, other services that government can provide more efficiently than the private sector.


"In general?" How decisively vague. Always a back door, eh? How about Canada? You want to talk about Canada's corporate tax rates compared to the rest of the G8 nations?
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Huh? How rich, you chastising someone for being vague. This coming from the king of one-liners and question dodging.

I would love to talk about Canada and how their corporate tax rates are the lowest in the G7. I would also love to tie that discussion into how Canada is the first G7 nation to recoup all of the jobs lost during the Great Recession, and how business investment in Canada is booming right now. But we all know that is a topic you don't want to touch with a 10 foot pole. In fact, you would probably reply to this fact with a quote from someone years ago stating tax cuts don't pay for themselves (I know this because it's happened before). How decisively vague.
 
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