Clint Eastwood pushed Detroit and the rest of Michigan into worse economic ruin when he took millions in tax credits for his movie Gran Torino

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2/6/12, "Best Supe Ad & A Word About Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler/Detroit Fraud," Debbie Schlussel

"Then there is the Clint Eastwood “It’s Halftime in America” ad for Chrysler that everyone is raving about. Everyone, except me. At least, I think I’m the only Detroit-area resident that isn’t gushing like a spittoon and falling for his rah-rah/”the people of Detroit have done a 180″ BS. First of all, I had to laugh when I heard Clint Eastwood invoke “the people of Detroit,” and then say, “But we all pulled together.” Huh? Who is “we?” This dude lives in Carmel, California, where he was even the Mayor of the place. The only “pullin’ together” he did was when he took millions in Michigan Film Tax Credits–

• a drain on Detroit and the rest of the State–pushing us further into economic ruin.

He came here for a few weeks, stayed at a fancy hotel and ate at fancy restaurants in the suburbs while he filmed “Gran Torino” (read my review), then skedaddled the heck outta here (and who can blame him?) while he collected his several millions in the Michigan taxpayer funded “bailout” of his movie, to the tune of 42% of its budget. It was a silly program to give away money from Michigan businesses and taxpayers to Hollywood people. It was dreamed up and supported by liberals, including the liberal then-Governor Jennifer Granholm a/k/a Governatrix Gran-HO (who high-tailed it outta here not long after Clint did). And he took advantage of it, helping to further drain the Michigan economy. So, I’m not quite sure what ole’ Clint means when he says,

• “But we all pulled together.” Nuh-uh."

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