tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post6977233138500858493..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Clearly, Taxes on Hollywood's Rich Aren't High EnoughClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-33408459803185180632013-12-28T12:32:23.943-07:002013-12-28T12:32:23.943-07:00I don't mind entertainers being paid so much.
...I don't mind entertainers being paid so much.<br /><br />What I mind is taxpayer money SUBSIDIZING the film makers and the overpaid help.<br /><br />Billionaire director James Cameron will receive 25% of the funding for the next Avatar movies from the New Zealand taxpayers, roughly $30 each from every man, woman, and child there.RShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584323173315846013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-68081484341529883512013-12-27T11:25:33.741-07:002013-12-27T11:25:33.741-07:00"Nothing is more annoying to sophisticated pe..."Nothing is more annoying to sophisticated people to see someone who is rich enough to know better being tacky--unless it is to realize, a moment later, that they probably know they are tacky and they simply don't care and they are going to go on being tacky, and rich, and happy, forever.<br /><br />...This is all strongly reminiscent of the heyday of Communism and Socialism, when the bourgeoisie were hated from both ends: by the proles, because they had all the money, and by the intelligentsia, because of their tendency to spend it on lawn ornaments."<br /><br />--Neal StephensonHal Dustonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579515713751458192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-692729038021816462013-12-26T22:43:49.563-07:002013-12-26T22:43:49.563-07:00In a related story, one of the latest fads for god...In a related story, one of the latest fads for godzillion-dollar homes is...moats.<br /><br />http://www.newser.com/story/179749/hot-new-feature-for-luxury-homes-moat.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=alltop&utm_campaign=home_rss<br /><br />My house is cheap, but I have a pretty big corner lot...AlanKHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.com