While His Film is Applying For a Tax Credit, Michael Moore is Drags on Hollywood Tax Credits.
Michael Moore, the baseball cap-wearing filmmaker behind influential documentaries such as Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine, doesn’t mince words when it comes to his views on social issues. He’s even made a career out of it, which is impressive. Consider the case of tax breaks for the entertainment industry.
The tax credit programme in his home state of Michigan, he claimed, syphons money away from ordinary taxpayers and funnels it to film studios, which he claims are often backed by multinational, ultra-wealthy corporations, was targeted by him in 2008. Although he takes a fair and principled stance, his credibility is slightly diminished by the fact that, according to reports, a “production person” associated with his film Capitalism: A Love Story, which drags government bailouts of large corporations, applied to that very same programme. Oh, the irony of it all!