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'Jersey Shore' Gets Huge Tax Credit

Anger is the situation in New Jersey

By Corey Levitan Sep 15, 2011 7:30PM

MTVNew Jersey residents are footing a $420,000 bar tab for Snooki and the gang. That’s how much MTV got in a tax credit to produce the first season of "Jersey Shore." And that's a lot of Ron Ron Juice.

 

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The Garden State approved the film tax credit for the inaugural 2009 season via a blind and automatic process that recognizes anyone who legally contributes to economic growth.

 

"When they are here, this place is busy," Seaside Heights Mayor P. Kenneth Hershey told The Star- Ledger in Newark, which broke the story. "A lot of the business folks here appreciate that."

 

Other politicians and Italian-American groups are incensed that New Jersey would reward a show that paints it in such a bad light – even if the credit adds up to less than 5 cents for each of the state’s 8.7 million residents.

 

"They are phonies, and the show is a false portrayal of New Jersey and our shore communities," a spokesman for Governor Chris Christie told The Star-Ledger, although he added that the governor has no veto power over the measure.

 

Commenters below The New York Post's coverage were the harshest, as you might expect. Tweeter Joyce Keane wrote, "We are being snookered by Snooki and her immoral cohorts. Where is the outcry for supporting this garbage?"

 

Tweeter Jerry Col called them "despicable maggots, all of them."

 

"They are a disgrace not just to NJ, but young people everywhere," the poster continued. "When someone meets a person from NJ, this is what they believe they are like."

 

Snooki was too hung over to comment. (Just kidding. Although you know she probably was.)

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nekqua2006
Sep 16, 2011 11:39AM
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Wow, thats crazy amt of money! When did reality become TV? I catch some episodes some "parts", but most of the shows are dumb, and has no point to it..What is the real reason for airing? I have never been to the Shore, or New Jersey, but before reading these comments, 1. i didnt know they all wasnt from Jersey ( thts just like House wives/bastball wives, most of them ARE NOT WIVES at all...., and 2., i thought like " I hope everyone from there doesnt dress like and act like that...not CUTE....

    TEEN MOM has a point...shows other teenagers the life/ things parents go through when having a baby at the young age..its not CUTE, nor EASY

kettie
Sep 16, 2011 11:38AM
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I haven't watched and will not because it is trash! The cast is disgusting and trashy people that have no talent.  Yes it is soooooooooo bad for the younger generation to see!  I hope parents refuse to let their children see this so called show.  Take it off the air! 
Someone
Sep 16, 2011 11:37AM
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There is no outrage because wrong is now right, and therefore any outrage would be labeled bigotry. Today, immorality is celebrated as a color of the rainbow, and were he to appear, Jesus himself would be shouted down by libs as "a hate monger." The inmates are running the asylum, and people need to stand up and resist the hijacking of our culture by the perverse. Without question, liberalism is a mental disorder. 
NYinJoe
Sep 16, 2011 11:35AM
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What CRAP and Taxpayers PAY for this? Summary: a lousy story line, crappy actors & actresses, and it makes Seaside Heights, New Jersey  look like a DUMP. The Mayor of SH thinks it's good for business? ... then let HIM & business owners pay for it - don't belabor the good Taxpayers with that stupid expense. 

Folks from NY City I know go to see SH to brag, "It's not JUST ON TV, we SAW the DUMP in person!" Voters of SH - kick the Mayor & Town Council OUT!

jp in pa
Sep 16, 2011 11:34AM
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Haven't set foot in Seaside since MTV was there initially........it was all downhill after that......and these Bozos.......still go to the Jersey Shore every summer, but never again to Seaside. Friends of mine who also stopped going said if you go into a nightclub there you have to sign a waiver just in case any of the circus act shows up, so you won't ask for pictures or autographs.......who​'d want one??? My many friends in NJ agree with this article, they're just a total disgrace.
kay8911
Sep 16, 2011 11:34AM
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It's all about entertainment. Yes the money could go to the troops, starving children, hospital bills, poverty, ect.. But so could the money all the sports stars make or celebrities but Americans love to have entertainment we just have to deal with the fact that some like the show and some don't.
JeremyH82
Sep 16, 2011 11:32AM
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Why would someone insult maggots like that... Jersey Shore cast members are lower than maggots can ever imagine. They are so low, they have created a new class of low... It's called "Jersey Shore Scum" which is lower than the pond scum that's been stuck to the overflow drain for years... Utterly senseless scum that just mumble "It's a Jersey Thing" under their alcohol battered breath. I'm surprised none of them have died from liver disease yet...
FrankieI
Sep 16, 2011 11:32AM
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Let them be, If any one of you were in the same position you would not care. It's the way it's gonna be with all this reality television.
Ryan Chastain
Sep 16, 2011 11:22AM
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Whats even sadder is that these immature cast members are selling their entire reputation for a temporary check.  The money will run out, but everyone they ever come in contact with for the rest of their lives will know that they are simply trash.
Duerxxx
Sep 16, 2011 11:18AM
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What in the world happen to television, and what kind of xample we r setting for our young generations with this crap! we must of lost our mind when getting drunk and sleeping around and acting stupid became a show, we got guys dying in Iraq and Afghanistan and we got these idiots disgracing Jercy with there poor example and sorry for human beens. What kind of parents and moral upbringing did they give these looser, lets c what happen when they become the have beens? Drugs, alcohol and eventually death? It make me sick when they put these pathetic looser on d news as if they was doing something productive in sociaty r d community, shame on them! and what's with d little midget name spooky, tooky nooky r what ever, a short fat lil' stank. Wake up america, our kids r facing real problems and this **** isn't helping.....

DEJ1104
Sep 16, 2011 11:17AM
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I have one thing to say: They get one million an episode. make them pay. I dont watch those idiots embaress themselves, I only read when they screw up in the news. I am unemployed why should I pay for those idiots.
AMANDA AND RAUL GOMEZ
Sep 16, 2011 11:14AM
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I do not watch the show nor do I ever plan to watch it.  I think that all of the people are it are a bunch of trash and that's BS that the state gives that big tax credit to MTV just for filming there and brigning business.  It's really not REALITY TV, 95% of it is scripted.  It's a bunch of garbage and that's why I would never watch it.
Bunny29
Sep 16, 2011 11:14AM
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I WANT MY NICKEL BACK!!!

rligman
Sep 16, 2011 11:14AM
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The only good thing about that show is ...it's not in my neighborhood!!!!  Thank God it's all the way on the other side of the US. Please stay there too!!!!!
mortiz1102
Sep 16, 2011 11:13AM
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Ok people...really? This show is about a bunch of young adults doing stuff that we did when were younger except that they were smart enough to get paid for it!!! Seriously....NJ is a great place to live and vacation. This show does not in any way, shape, or form show a false portrayal of New Jersey. Have you been to the Shore? I have and it's a fun place to be and people do get pissy drunk down there and make asses out of themselves. And so what if they get a tax break. It's NO different than a movie being filmed out there or in a different state. Do you know how many people go to NJ cause of this show????They should get a thank you for the amount of press and economic growth that NJ has experienced because of these knuckle headed kids....Seriously find something else to be pissed about. 

Boston guy
Sep 16, 2011 11:12AM
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Media reflects the people who watch it...  They put stuff on that people will relate to.  Not all who watch it relate to it but I would say the vast majority truly live their life like that.  Sad.  
It seems like MTV just shows the ugliest parts of our culture.  It has absolutely nothing music related on it during normal hours.

But it's a business and there is a channel for everything,  including drunk, idiotic, and embarrassing behavior.  By the way I watch Jersey shore...  I think it's funny Tongue outSmile
chris374
Sep 16, 2011 11:10AM
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im sick of the idiots from new jersey and the surrounding states complaining about how thats how people from jersey are portrayed. Im from the jersey shore, seaside heights right where they filmed the first and 3rd season. The only people that portray actual jersey residents like the way the cast acts are retarded and probably accounts for less than .001 % of our population. Its just a show and it makes the jersey shore more popular and you know that no one actually thinks jersey people act like that, just stop your crying, dont watch the show and focus on something that matters, aka a job
rligman
Sep 16, 2011 11:10AM
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I wouldn't watch that crap for all the money!!!  The only thing I could possible see as positive from watching that show would be knowing that my life is much better than theirs. That is if they were real people. Reality show people are truly that stupid and ignorant in real life. How do you think they do it so well!!!!!
naustinson
Sep 16, 2011 11:08AM
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Just have 1 thing to say: If you don't watch the show then how in the hell can you judge it or the people on the show. To the people with kids, just think of this- you could have spent 20 minutes with your children in the time it took you to read and post something on here. People really need to get a life, including me I guess-LOL!!

 

Kevinsan
Sep 16, 2011 11:07AM
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If you're angry at this show, then you are taking it too seriously! People like this show because they know it is a joke.  I like it to laugh at them.  I don't believe it is an accurate portrayal of the Italian community or NJ.  It is a tv show to make me happy and laugh, and thats what it does.  And those complaining from the military angle, there is no draft! if you're unhappy with your life its your fault.  What part of their life is immoral? Nothing. They got a big break and we're all jealous.
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