- State film subsidies are costly to states and generous to movie producers.
- Subsidies reward companies for production that they might have done anyway.
- The best jobs to go nonresidents.
- Subsidies don't pay for themselves.
- No state can "win" the film subsidy war.
- Supporters of subsidies rely on flawed studies.
Yikes. Considering the revenue problems most states are facing -- like Colorado, they're unable to maintain even basic public structures like roads, schools and social services -- it's hard to imagine such a generous and ineffective giveaway. It would be better if Colorado's subsidy were zero, but in general our state falls on the right side of a budget controversy by putting investments in families and economic security ahead of handouts to Hollywood.
And just by the way, a fair number of films have been shot in Colorado despite the state's paltry handouts. To learn more about our state's program, check the Colorado Film Commission.
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