Facing election-year pressure from voters and flush with federal cash, governors across America have signed three times more billion-dollar subsidy deals than any previous year in history. September 15, 2022 – An unprecedented flood of economic development “megadeals” with potential billon-dollar price tags across the United States is turning 2022 into a uniquely expensive year … Continue reading 2022 Is the Worst Year in History for State Corporate Welfare Megadeals
CEA President to Michigan Senate Committee: Stop Subsidizing a Shrinking Auto Industry
TESTIMONY OF JOHN C. MOZENA, PRESIDENT, CENTER FOR ECONOMIC ACCOUNTABILITY BEFORE THE MICHIGAN Senate economic and small business development committee REGARDING sbs 981-983 june 9, 2022 Chairman Horn, honorable members of this committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you again today. My name is John Mozena and I am the president of … Continue reading CEA President to Michigan Senate Committee: Stop Subsidizing a Shrinking Auto Industry
Op-ed in The Hill: End the secrecy and misinformation in economic development
The CEA's John Mozena and David Guenthner of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy shone a light on the pervasive misinformation and secrecy in economic development programs in a recent column in The Hill: It’s hard to find another area of public policy where the broad public understanding of an issue is so at odds … Continue reading Op-ed in The Hill: End the secrecy and misinformation in economic development
CEA Co-Founds “Ban Secret Deals” Coalition to End Use of NDAs in Subsidy Deals
The Center for Economic Accountability and organizations from across the ideological spectrum have come together in a coalition to launch the "Ban Secret Deals" campaign in opposition to nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in state and local economic development subsidy deals. The coalition is calling for state-level bans on the use of NDAs by elected officials and … Continue reading CEA Co-Founds “Ban Secret Deals” Coalition to End Use of NDAs in Subsidy Deals
Utah Shouldn’t Get into the Hollywood Money Game
By John C. Mozena Utah is poised to become the latest state to fall for Hollywood’s “job creation” promises as the state Legislature moves forward on a bill that would lift the cap on film subsidies in the state. As the House considers S.B. 49, which was passed 20-7 by the Senate last month, it’s … Continue reading Utah Shouldn’t Get into the Hollywood Money Game