February 8, 2019
Kudos to David Nicklaus of the Post-Dispatch for pointing
out the obvious today in his column about the state giving film-tax credits to
movie companies who film here.
Bottom line: It benefits nobody but the filmmakers.
When I lived in two other states, they both fell for the
same gag.
Why didn’t they do some research first? Why not run the numbers
and see if it really benefited the folks who have already tried it? Instead they just
forged ahead, believing rosy projections based on—what?
This doesn’t apply only to film-tax credits, of course. It applies
to any new initiative…education ideas, community-improvement efforts, funding
sports teams, etc. There are lots of good ideas out there that just don’t pan
out.
So, before your region jumps on any more expensive
bandwagons, make sure somebody calls up the first folks who tried it—preferably
after it’s been in operation for at least two years—and asks,
“So, how’d that work out for you?”
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