Michael Moore, Tax Avoider

[Toro]

Turns out that Moore is just like anyone else - he will relocate his production operations to where it is cheapest. Of course, that is perfectly rational, and as a business man, that is what he should do.

However...

Filmmaker Michael Moore fashions himself a champion of the little guy, but he’s also a champion of tax breaks for big corporations—or at least big corporations that make movies. Peter Schweizer reports that the Michigan native and maker of the anti-capitalist agit-prop film, Capitalism: A Love Story, relocated his post-production team from New York City to Michigan in order to take advantage of Michigan’s tax credits for movie makers. Under the program, for every dollar a filmmaker spends making a movie, he gets 42 cents back in the form of a tax credit. And Moore, appointed to the Michigan Film Office Advisory Council by Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, is also a big promoter of the program. “When Hollywood comes calling, do not jack up your prices, or they will not be back,” he recently told the Michigan weekly Northern Express. In 2008, Michigan gave $48 million worth of tax credits to Hollywood to create 2,800 part-time jobs.

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[RadiomanATL]

Yeah, ain't capitalism bad?

 

[chanel]

 

[Old Rocks]

Well, he is, after all, a capitalist.

Then again, he didn't move his operations to China or Mexico.

 

[veritas]

Moore is a native Michigander.

What's with this crap thread, Toro?