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Sorry for the typo: The New York State program has a budget of more than $400 MILLION.
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Support for incentivizing film- and television production has long been seen as one of the best uses of taxpayer funds. For every $1 of tax revenue spent, $53 is spent in our state. Ya think taxpayers get the same bang for their buck when it's spent on the military? The OR legislature is dragging its feet on increasing the budget--"in a recession (shudder!)"--alloted to the Oregon Production Incentive Fund--from $5 milliion (which reportedly was spent mostly on TWILIGHT in one year) to only $7.5 million. New York State has a similar incentive program--only 80 times greater than ours (more than $400). Understand: Oregon will NEVER reach its potential as a site for media production if legislators and taxpayers continue to ignore the economic potential of such incentives. Pass SB621 and The Independent Oregon Production Investment Fund(IOPIF), SB863.
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