… state government’s business subsidies are impractical, and lawmakers … lawmakers vote on business subsidy programs. There is a more … select business. And since subsidies ought not be the proper business … There were spikes in business subsidy authorizations during the … when lawmakers approved new subsidy programs for developers and …
… introduce the Comfort Michigan subsidy program for select recliner … partisan issue. Business subsidies tend to be approved with … private interests. Business subsidies get pocketed by business … owner, just as recliner subsidies would go to a person’s direct … people asking for business subsidies might point out that their …
… Legislature ended the state’s film subsidy program in 2015. Now, some … ineffectiveness of film subsidies, saying: It’s irresponsible … lawmakers first introduced film subsidies in an effort to bring the … the state spent on film subsidies, it got 11 cents back in … some may hope that film subsidies will bring Hollywood to Michigan, …
… company occasionally unfairly benefited from subsidies and tariffs and other trade restrictions, its … SK Siltron received tons of state and federal subsidies, including a $1.5 million “business development” … subsidizing favored industries and businesses. These subsidies provide several benefits to politicians and to …
… justify a proposal for new Michigan taxpayer subsidies to certain businesses. "But the reality is if … states. Regardless of their caliber, however, the subsidy programs Rothwell supports only shoot blanks. … economy is doing well and adding or losing more subsidy programs won’t change that.
… adequate assessments of whether its subsidies create jobs or move them around … from has no requirement to use the subsidy to address competitive offers or … authorized $4.4 billion in business subsidies since the legislative session began … have been better used elsewhere, subsidies also create a drag on the economy …
This scorecard shows the amount of business subsidies that each legislator voted for and voted against, from January 2001 to the present. A detailed description … policy brief “How Michigan Legislators Voted on Taxpayer-Funded Business Subsidies.”
… state never got out of the subsidy business. The deals they sign, … only happened with state subsidies. And even then, that doesn’t … consequences for business subsidy expenditures. If all of these … out in old business tax subsidies and the $170.9 million in new subsidies approved in the budget, plus …
… interests directly attacking subsidies as a destabilizing influence … in multiple billions of subsidies, credits, and market carve-outs. … percent of all federal energy subsidies in 2016 ($6.7 billion in … that must be addressed with subsidies. If coal and nuclear plants … pretend massive and prolonged subsidies for renewable energy haven’t …
… about our opposition to film subsidies. “They make no sense,” LeRoy … transparency over the film subsidies that people ought to get, … hole,” LeRoy says. Film subsidies tend to come in the form … compelling to offer film subsidies. “This is the unholy intersection … people think is magic.” Film subsidy proponents also pitch other …
