Tell Baker to veto the Hollywood give away! (July 12, 2021)
The Massachusetts House and Senate approved a budget that makes the film tax credit permanent. In the past, we mentioned that we gave…
Category: Corporate Welfare
MA Legislature sells us out to Hollywood (July 10, 2021)
The Massachusetts House and Senate approved a budget that makes the film tax credit permanent. In the past, we mentioned that we gave…
Pirate News: COVID-19 Surveillance, Back to Work Astroturfing and Corporate Bailouts (April 22, 2020)
Pirates Joe, James, Steve and Malt talk about the latest news including: Google/Apple potentially violating your rights here in America with their contact…
Mass. Legislators aim to hand Hollywood billions for decades to come (March 4, 2019)
We mentioned recently that we gave nearly $90 million to Hollywood in 2016 and gave at least half a billion dollars to Hollywood…
Hollywood rakes in nearly $90 million in Massachusetts revenue (January 10, 2019)
We have long opposed the Massachusetts Film Tax Credit. Two years ago we noted that in 2014, Hollywood took us for $64.5 million.…
Pirate News: EU Update – Censorship Machines and the Link Tax (September 26, 2018)
In the latest Pirate News, we discussed the EU vote to impose an upload filter and link tax. We also discuss Saturday’s Party…
No Free Lunch for Amazon (October 19, 2017)
Amazon’s deadline is here and many states have fallen over themselves to sell their cities as the location for Amazon’s second headquarters. With…
This Friday: Learn how to annoy legislators for freedom (March 20, 2017)
The Massachusetts Legislature has thousands of bills to consider. Quite a few are of interest to Pirates including whether to give millions of dollars in subsidies…
Mass. lines Hollywood’s pockets with half a billion dollars (January 4, 2017)
The latest Massachusetts Department of Revenue report on the impact of film tax credits is out. Hollywood took us for $64.5 million in…
Sunday Tell GE: Stop polluting our water! (July 1, 2016)
The Massachusetts Pirate Party stands with the protesters who want to send a clear message to General Electric: stop polluting our water! For…