Way to bring facts to an argument. Meanwhile there’s a long history of these deals being bad for the location and them losing money over the course of it:
http://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/the_lone_ranger_and_the_film_tax_incentives_arms_race.php
http://taxfoundation.org/article/movie-production-incentives-film-tax-credits-blockbuster-support-lackluster-policy
“Based on fanciful estimates of economic activity and tax revenue… taking unnecessary risks with taxpayer dollars…attract[ing] mostly temporary jobs that are often transplanted from other states”
Yeah except the comparison is incompetent.
This entire show was an advertisement for tourism to the city of Nashville, which is currently booming to such an unbelievable extent that we don’t have hotel rooms for everyone coming here. I work across the street from one of the locations used in the film and there is a line literally around the block to get in every night. We hiked the beer tax and the hotel tax and our city budget is dealing with unexpectedly huge inflows. The 15 million a year that went to this thing was the best investment the city has ever made when it comes to ROI.