Quote Originally Posted by iheartthed View Post
Outside of California, New York, Illinois... and maybe Georgia... there aren't many states that have TV shows from a major network's studio fully produced locally. How many actors and production staff on Detroit 1-8-7 pay Michigan taxes? Heck, would the Chrysler Super Bowl ad have even happened without the film credits???
I'm not doubting that all of this spending has created jobs. It just seems that it has created nothing but temporary jobs and as such cannot be viewed as a long term investment. Why not spend tax money on creating more permanent jobs?

Look at what has happened recently... Incentives for movies are in question, and the industry bolts and the jobs are lost. Incentives for brownfield sites and historic buildings are in question and did the book cadillac shut down? Did any of the jobs created by previous brownfield tax credits get lost as a result? No. Those incentives were long term investments, the film credits aren't.