Article, and # 5.
NY is a big state, but I find it amazing that $420 million is devoted to subsidizing the motion picture and television industries.
“The arts” is one thing, specific industrialized media is another. And, $420 million isn’t chump change at the state level.
Article, and # 5.
Why? Why does a multi-billion dollar industry need subsidies from taxpayers? The people in these industries are uber-rich. Let them pay their own costs.
Are they afraid that without subsidies, the TV networks will go off the air? That they will stop making movies? And if they did, how would that be a bad thing?!