Why a boycott by Disney and Netflix might actually help Georgia's bottom line:
Share to twitterLOS ANGELES, USA - JANUARY 25, 2019: A view of the Hollywood Sign on the Hollywood Hills. Valery Sharifulin/TASS Walt Disney and Netflix, which have threatened to cut ties with Georgia over the state’s recently enacted draconian abortion restrictions, have gotten a pretty sweet deal from the Peach State courtesy of the state’s taxpayers.if they spend $500,000 or more on production or post production.
“The irony of the situation is that the filming ban, which I support, will probably actually save the Georgia government more money than the loss of the film revenue will cost them,” Victor Matheson, an economist at the College of the Holy Cross, writes in an email. “The same was true for the NCAA bans on championships in North Carolina and other states in the wake of Confederate flag controversies and anti-LGBTQ legislation.
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