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So, there’s this industry that’s constantly jacking up prices while providing essentially the same level of service. In fact, there are many times when the quality of the product decreases dramatically and they do absolutely nothing to compensate for it. When I discovered that the last two “Matrix” movies earned over a billion dollars the answer immediately became clear.

We need to impose a windfall profit tax on Hollywood. What right do they have to earn excessive amounts of money while the rest of us are suffering? All of that cash goes straight to some corporate fat cat’s pocket book. That money could be feeding the poor or housing stray cats and instead it goes to buy some actor or director another boat. A billion dollars would go a long way toward plugging our state’s budget hole!

Why can two movies of exactly the same duration can earn vastly different profits, too? That’s the same amount of entertainment. They ought to be paid by the hour to make it fair.

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P.S. The other plus side is that if liberals like the ones in Hollywood had to face a windfall profit tax head on they might suddenly sing a different tune.