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re: Louisiana - The Movie-Making Capital of the World
Posted on 3/7/14 at 4:50 pm to I B Freeman
Posted on 3/7/14 at 4:50 pm to I B Freeman
This has been my favorite topic to follow. I specifically have enjoyed the board "experts" arguing about this with you only to turn around a few months later in the next thread and essentially concede all the things they argued about in the previous one.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 9:40 pm to flyby
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This has been my favorite topic to follow. I specifically have enjoyed the board "experts" arguing about this with you only to turn around a few months later in the next thread and essentially concede all the things they argued about in the previous one.
They fall into about three groups:
1) the naive that love all the things they perceive to be good about film making--they feel a certain smugness promoting something high and might and artsy. These have no financial sense and are incapable of comprehending the size of the of the subsidy.
2) those that believe Bobby Jindal and the government would never support a huge giveaway and that because Bobby is for it they are for it---these people are chamber of commerce republican types that believe "economic development" financed by the government has magical impacts. Parade a state employed economist in front of them touting the boss's line and they are sold.
3) the profiteers either employed by the industry or profiting from trading the credits--this group includes the politicians that profit. This groups hired spin masters to create an "analysis" of the benefits of the subsidy. They use the term economic activity and budget cost almost interchangeably. They keep the other groups in a fog.
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