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stopbush

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3. A drop in the bucket. The real hurt comes in the overall

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #2)

Wed May 15, 2019, 04:14 PM

May 2019

economic impact to the state, that $9.5-billion a year. That’s money spent at mom-n-pop eateries, hotels, etc. Time to hurt the people economically who vote in these knuckle-dragging Christian Rs who seek to impose their make-believe religious beliefs on the rest of us.

Move the film production out of the state and you hurt all of those businesses that benefit from Hollywood spending.

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Hollywood (liberals) need to pull out of GA, now! [View all] stopbush May 2019 OP

The one that really needs to do so is AMC (The Walking Dead)--they will face the most $$ in doing so hlthe2b May 2019 #1

Don't watch The Walking Dead or any movie made in any state that's trying to blueinredohio May 2019 #7

Unless you are a Nielsen family, watching/not watching has no impact. hlthe2b May 2019 #8

Or, do what Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams are doing -- continue to shoot there, and donate the WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #2

A drop in the bucket. The real hurt comes in the overall stopbush May 2019 #3

Wasn't there a similar situation where a lot of musicians and tours cancelled performing in a state? forgotmylogin May 2019 #11

North Carolina - bathroom bill. n/t OneGrassRoot May 2019 #13

The industry is really structurally embedded in GA now and it isn't just GA. aikoaiko May 2019 #4

ABSOLUTELY! TruckFump May 2019 #5

It would be extremely difficult at this point, but I would at least start with some symbolic moves DFW May 2019 #6

they get tax breaks there. we'll see where their priorities are. Kurt V. May 2019 #9

They got $800-million in tax breaks for 2017. stopbush May 2019 #12

Businesses with corporate offices in Georgia JAD May 2019 #10