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Michigan Chamber CEO Blasts Film Subsidies as a 'Boondoggle'
Bill extends film subsidies indefinitely
… Michigan’s film incentive subsidy program indefinitely. Senate … Rich Studley blasted film subsidies during withering testimony … taxpayer dollars spent on film subsidies would be better employed … roads.
“If the Michigan film subsidies were a movie it would be … altogether, allowing film subsidies to continue on a permanent … more
Michigan taxpayers funded artistic and financial flops in last film-subsidy effort
In movies and subsidy programs, the sequel is rarely better
… short-lived blip of jobs appeared. The subsidies were widely derided by economists … approved for $1 million in select subsidies, paid for by everyday Michiganders. … did the state film office approve subsidies for documentaries about someone … little difference between a direct subsidy and a transferable tax credit. Regardless … more
December 5, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report
Road funding, religious freedom, film subsidies & more
… selective tax breaks and subsidies granted to particular corporations … 1103, Extend film producer subsidies: Passed 73 to 37 in the House … the law authorizing state subsidy payments to some film productions … make some changes to the subsidy allocation formula. This year … was appropriated for these subsidies.
Who Voted “Yes” and Who … more
Center Scholar Interview in Wall Street Journal
Prof. Richard Vedder on college subsidies
… roughly 18% do.
This growth in subsidies, Mr. Vedder argues, has fueled rising … colleges to raise their fees."
Subsidies for colleges act as a disincentive … meantime, there is no evidence that more subsidies lead to economic growth or job creation. … numbers are despite massive increasing subsidies over the past decades.
A Wall Street … more
Reporting or Promoting?
Why transparency of business subsidy programs shouldn’t be controlled by administrators
… tells people about what business subsidies the state has offered and some of … nothing if they were not handed a subsidy. They also include gains from their … advocacy group skeptical of business subsidies, found that all states could improve … useful information about its select subsidy deals. But Illinois’s transparency … more
State Lawmakers Should Cut Business Subsidies Even More Next Year
… reduction in key business-subsidy programs. Let’s hope that … signals less support for these subsidies, which are ineffective at … This money gets spent on subsidies for real estate development … state awarded 23 companies subsidies to create 3,700 jobs, just … state spending on business subsidies doesn’t go through the budget … more
Michigan bill revives film subsidies, adds cash giveaway for touting state in commercials
Film subsidies failed to have a lasting impact the first time around
… the state. A new set of lawmakers is considering plans to revive the subsidies, which could include 35% of the cost of hiring certain workers.
Senate … added. “Brands like Kellogg’s and Motown Records were not born of taxpayer subsidies, but from entrepreneurs who thought their own investments might produce … more
Legislator ‘Stunned’ By End Of Film Subsidies, Knocks Other Corporate Handouts She Approved
Democrat voted for $1.2 billion in 'huge tax breaks and sweetheart incentives'
… now-defunct Michigan film subsidy program back in 2015.
In … her dismay that the film subsidies program had ended.
“I was … more transparency for these subsidies.
According to one recent … billion in direct business subsidies during her 44 months in the … other kinds of business subsidies are included.
Among the … more
Let Corporate Handouts Expire
Roads are a better use of the public purse than business subsidies
… compromise to get a business subsidy program approved in 2017, … company rejected Michigan’s subsidies and went elsewhere.
Not … what happens with business subsidies. State and local governments … be told that this latest subsidy program has been a success …
A finding that a business subsidy program doesn’t drive growth … more
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