“I think that’s a little disingenious. The 35 million was a tax break given to them in order to entice them to come to Michighan to make the movie, correct? If that’s the case, then this article is assuming that the 35 million in uncollected taxes would have been made up elsewhere. That’s not necessarily the case because if they didn’t get that tax break then chances are they wouldn’t have come to Detroit to make the movie in the first place. So this piece is assuming they would have come anyways without the subsidy.”
That’s not the case. The $35 million is a direct subsidy (not tax break) from the Michigan treasury to film producers. That $35 million would be much better spent elsewhere.
“That $35 million would be much better spent elsewhere.”
Why not just issue checks directly to motels, restaurants, and local unemployed extras?
“But that makes no sense!” scream the state film commissions.
Yeah, neither does giving 35 million dollars to Warner Bros.