But a more careful look at the DOR study shows that for the four years between 2006 and 2009 over 6,000 jobs were created at a cost to taxpayers of less than $20,000 per job---an astounding achievement during a terrible recession. The public seems to be way ahead of the professor on this issue. In a recent online survey conducted by the Boston Globe, a whopping 96% of more than two thousand respondents registered their support for the program.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
THE PUBLIC VS THE PROFESSOR
Northeastern University Prof. Peter Enrich weighed in on the film tax credit with an op-ed piece in today's Boston Globe. Citing a recent Department of Revenue study he claims, "we spent more than $170,000 of our tax dollars for each $50,000 job."
But a more careful look at the DOR study shows that for the four years between 2006 and 2009 over 6,000 jobs were created at a cost to taxpayers of less than $20,000 per job---an astounding achievement during a terrible recession. The public seems to be way ahead of the professor on this issue. In a recent online survey conducted by the Boston Globe, a whopping 96% of more than two thousand respondents registered their support for the program.
But a more careful look at the DOR study shows that for the four years between 2006 and 2009 over 6,000 jobs were created at a cost to taxpayers of less than $20,000 per job---an astounding achievement during a terrible recession. The public seems to be way ahead of the professor on this issue. In a recent online survey conducted by the Boston Globe, a whopping 96% of more than two thousand respondents registered their support for the program.
