Tags: Tax Incentives

They get tax credits for doing so

Missed lots of red flags

Focuses on renewable energy credits, but less attention to breaks given to entertainment industry and others

It's nice to have leverage

The film industry, for one, finds it a money-maker

"We must abandon the notion that a strong arts policy begins and ends with public funding."

Who'd have guessed that people change their behavior in response to taxes?

The governor got to rub elbows with stars

Officials just guesstimated up-front costs, and came up short

Were given money to move, but consolidated and gave the money back, though they weren't required to

It's going to take a little more than that

Why hold one when Uncle Sam will steal the proceeds?

Too complex for businesses to decipher

Why let the public have a say?

Would pay lower rates than oil companies

The state handed money to iffy companies with little or no due diligence

State would be better off creating a business-friendly environment than paying-off favored companies