How Would You Spend an Extra $130?

Michigan Capitol Confidential ^ | 1/12/2015 | James Hohman

[MichCapCon]

In a recent interview with Michigan Capitol Confidential, Brandeis University economist Bob Tannenwald remarked that film incentives were a bad deal for taxpayers.

"Another way to look at that would be that a state might be getting only 50 cents or 75 cents value for each dollar per dollar of personal income created by the program for the state’s residents. A state might be better off just sending the checks out directly to its residents rather than creating the program."

With roughly $500 million offered in incentives from the start of the program to present, the state could have sent $130 checks to every household in Michigan. Add another $13 for each year state policymakers put $50 million of tax money in the film incentive budget.

[Mr. K]

Donate it to FR and the Palin/Cruz 2016 team

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

+1

[albie]

Buy 2 tanks of gas or Dinner or a pair of shoes. $130 doesn’t go very far. Contribute to the Scott Walker campaign.

[dware]

Ammo

[Cyman]

A pound of hamburger or 50 gallons of gas

[Billthedrill]

Beer.

[thefactor]

That’s one dinner date in NYC. So, that, I guess.

[PoloSec]

I’d buy more Ammo!

[petro45acp]

Another vote for ammo...

KYPD

[dfwgator]

How Would You Spend an Extra $130?

[IamConservative]

Bullets and a bottle of Bourbon.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I’d give it back to its rightful owner Barack Obama, so he can give free phones to poor people. :)

[steve86]

If I had $130 it wouldn’t be “extra”.

[reed13k]

Somethin’ for the wife
Somethin’ for the kids
books, tools, arms (need some new arrows currently)

[seeker41]

Tobacco products...;)

[showme_the_Glory]

ammo

[ExGeeEye]

That’s two weeks of goin-to-work gas, right there.

[Organic Panic]

Arms for an unarmed black man

[GeronL]

Ramen noodles, SPAM, vienna sausages, crackers and toilet paper....