Comments on: Reality, really? http://homertribune.com/2013/02/reality-really/ Homer, Alaska Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: more http://homertribune.com/2013/02/reality-really/comment-page-1/#comment-109393 more Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:20:03 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=33189#comment-109393 Bristol paid on air talent (herself?) $500,000 The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, which broke the story of the tax subsidy, notes that the production reported spending $995,275 in Alaska, though not all of that money went to people who live in Alaska, and about $500,000 of that spending went to on-camera talent for the show. The benefits of the program were not exactly broad, or oriented towards creating a lot of new, long-term Alaska jobs. Bristol paid on air talent (herself?) $500,000

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, which broke the story of the tax subsidy, notes that the production reported spending $995,275 in Alaska, though not all of that money went to people who live in Alaska, and about $500,000 of that spending went to on-camera talent for the show. The benefits of the program were not exactly broad, or oriented towards creating a lot of new, long-term Alaska jobs.

]]> By: wake up http://homertribune.com/2013/02/reality-really/comment-page-1/#comment-109392 wake up Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:17:11 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=33189#comment-109392 Maybe it has to do with the tax credits they get for filming here? They can over inflate costs and recoup the entire budget from Alaska. See "Bristol Palin’s Failed Reality Show Received $354,348 In Taxpayer Dollars From Alaska" to see how it is done. Maybe it has to do with the tax credits they get for filming here?

They can over inflate costs and recoup the entire budget from Alaska.

See “Bristol Palin’s Failed Reality Show Received $354,348 In Taxpayer Dollars From Alaska” to see how it is done.

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