[Blue Ink]

Is it fair that the people with the tremendous power to collect taxes get to pick winners and losers?

“You, you make boring old widgets. Pay up! A lot.”

“But YOU, Mr. Producer? You wanna make a movie in my little old fly-over state?! I might get to see George Clooney?! We’ll give you a big fat tax break!”

Study after study after study has debunked the idea that production brings an “economic boom.” They don’t do post-production on site. They bring their own crews, except for gofers and extras. They’re not going to train your kid to be a cameraman.

At most, they eat in restaurants and stay in motels for a few weeks. Why don’t you give THOSE businesses the tax breaks?

All you states giving away taxpayer money and fronting expensive film commissions? You’re suckers.

[cripplecreek]

Is it fair that the people with the tremendous power to collect taxes get to pick winners and losers?

Agreed and there has been a lot more to it than simply giving tax breaks to a specific industry some of it downright criminal.

[cripplecreek]

One of the shady deals was a $10 million studio, sold to the production company for more than 4 times as much to bring the tax credit to more than the building was really worth.

http://www.mackinac.org/13918