Texas Doles out $1.5 Billion in Corporate
Welfare to Hollywood
Posted By: Dreadnought, 7/15/2025 12:29:38 AM
The Lone Star State has boosted tax incentives for Hollywood to $300 million every two years, with guaranteed funding for ten years. According to my public school math, that’s $1.5 billion in corporate welfare for an industry that hates Texas, hates Texans, and opposes tax cuts for everyone else. Why do this? Texas has two reasons, per the far-left Los Angeles Times… Well, first off, Texas believes Hollywood business boosts other businesses — hotels, restaurants, etc. Okay, but what business doesn’t boost other businesses? Nothing makes film, TV, and advertising uniquely special in this regard. Here’s what drives me insane about this rationalization to give taxpayer-funded handouts to people who hate taxpayers, especially Texas taxpayers.
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Epstein '*': 'I don't want their support anymore!' 20 replies
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My "PAST supporters have bought into this “*” hook, line, and sinker," he said in the post, adding, "Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!"
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Soros machine hands Mamdani millions for
his socialist quest for control of New
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his socialist quest for control of New
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In a blistering post on Truth Social on Wednesday morning, Trump continued to push his backers to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein, an issue that has driven what appears to be one of the most significant rifts between him and the political movement he built.
“Let those weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work,” he wrote. “Don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore.”
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