 should the michigan legislature pass a bill to continue film subsidies without a sunset date  yes no undecided film sudsidy most film makers and stars support far left politics thus we taxpayers are assisting them in undermining america and donating to the obama team i have a daughter who has had one of those periodic part time jobs the film makers bring to michigan a extra part of the crowd typically for only a couple days at a time for about 800 an hour it is all a joke an expensive one and the bill they just past lifts the 2 million compensation limit an individual actor or film worker can make with our subsidy end it along with all other forms of crony capitalism that rewards one business over another film subsidies this is one i absolutely must respond to because the information you have been given is entirely inaccurate a friend has worked on many movies as an extra and has researched what the film industry has brought to michigan first when my friend was in red dawn filmed in mt clemens and grand ledge the film company paid 10000 a day for the mt clemens fire department to have a fire truck on set they paid 2500 a day to the businesses who were in the background to remain open for business so that t people coming and going would look normal when they filmed at the ledges in grand ledge they paid 5000 a week to rent the park when was the last time you think either of these two public entities ever raised this much money in taxes let s look at the business that was done by the film crews over 400 people were employed during this time at both mt clemens and the ledges these do not include the extras that were hired just the film crews makeup seamstresses costumers etc where do you think these 400 people stayed this is typical of what happens in a community where filming takes place when she was in real steel the production company bought every stick of lumber a lumber yard had to build the set at the beginning of the movie when do you think that has ever happened before let s talk about the extras that are hired my friend found that many of them were otherwise unemployed imagine people actually working for their pay instead of staying home and getting paid by the way my friend usually earns around 15 an hour as an extra this is time she is on set she maybe on set for 1215 hours and only have to actually be in a scene for 510 minutes i can give you countless examples of how this is good for local communities and the state as a whole in other states that subsidize film making tourism has gone up sometimes as much as 15 when the first incentives were in place mgm was planning to build a studio just north of the lugnuts stadium because of the access to students at lcc and msu what an opportunity to develop industry in our own backyard think about this when you groan about the extra ten dollars in taxes you will be paying is it worth it 1000 maybe 2000 out of your pocket a year  