State Film Incentives, are they worth it.

[al mcguire]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/us/when-hollywood-comes-to-town.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121204&_r=0#/sidebar-4

[Jeff Wexler]

Excellent! The whole NY Times series on incentives, subsidies and all related subjects, is really a good read. If one can digest it all, there is a whole lot to be learned.

[wolfvid]

How Taxpayers Bankroll Business

http://tinyurl.com/bmogd52 -or-

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/us/how-local-taxpayers-bankroll-corporations.html

Winners and Losers in Texas

http://tinyurl.com/bzvx6ut -or-

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/us/winners-and-losers-in-texas.html

When Hollywood Comes to Town

http://tinyurl.com/abjsfhp -or-

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/us/when-hollywood-comes-to-town.html

The money quote in the third article -

| "You've got all these governors who are offering tax incentives

| to businesses to move from one state to another. What a lousy

| economic strategy that is. You are just moving the chairs around

| on the Titanic. Why not have a national economic strategy?"

|

| Jennifer M. Granholm, former Democratic governor of Michigan