A number of New Jersey lawmakers are outraged that the state has awarded a $420,000 production tax credit to the hit MTV reality show “Jersey Shore” because, as one GOPer put it, “I can’t believe we are paying for fake tanning for ‘Snooki’ and ‘The Situation’, and I am not even sure $420,000 covers that.”On Wednesday, NJ.com reported that taxpayers would be paying the credit for the show’s first season in 2009, as approved by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
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