October 2, 2008
Pork for Hollywood in bailout bill?
Is Hollywood going to get pork? After all, the entertainment industry is a huge source of money for Democratic candidates and for the party, as well as a host of 527 groups. So taxpayers are going to help out Hollywood-land of excess and indulgence?
A New York Post editorial mentions:
A New York Post editorial mentions:
...tax breaks for film and TV production, toy wooden arrows, wool research, auto racing tracks, and Indian tribes; relief for litigants in the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
The biggest pork appears to be 3.5 billion dollars intended to force health insurance companies to cover mental illness.
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