The Rio Grande Foundation is constantly on the lookout for ways to educate New Mexicans about what their tax dollars are being used for and what state and local government could or should be doing better. To that end the Foundation has developed a short video, accessible to folks on the left, right, and center which explains the myriad issues with the subsidies New Mexico lavishes on one “special” industry.
If you agree with us that film subsidies are unwise and overly-generous, tell your legislators here.
Wonderful video.
Despite overwhelming evidence that film subsidies lose money for the state, the NM state legislature continues the film subsidy program because:1, collectively, the state legislature is not very bright; 2, the state legislature likes to play Santa Claus with other people’s money; 3, the film industry makes large campaign contributions to leading politicians in the state legislature or 4, all of the above?