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Jobs.  It will create jobs.  Instantly create jobs.  It will put people to work and what's real encouraging is all the phone calls I've been getting from L.A. producers who are asking, "is the incentive package going to pass?" because they will bring their film here.  Mitch Albom's got those same calls as has Mike Binder and Jan Lockwood at the Film Commission.  They're paying attention to what the state is doing and if the state does pass this, they will bring their movies here and they will need people on their crews.

Certainly all of the people that are still in the film and television industries such that it is in Michigan will instantly get work.  More work than they can handle, probably.  We will also take a lot of those kids that are thinking about film or television and we will stop them from moving to L.A. and getting in a long, long line of people from all over the country that have moved there.  And it will allow them the opportunity to stay here.  The Governor and the State Legislature and the MEDC have been saying, how do we keep people here, particularly our young people, this is one example of how we can do that.

What I like also is it's the arts.  It's showbusiness, emphasis on business, yes, but it's also taking the arts and the artists of this state, the film artists, the behind the scenes artists, the lighting, the staging, the construction crews who build the sets, the sound people, and the actors, and the younger actors and it takes those people and it says: we believe in you so much that we're going to pass this package and create a whole industry that didn't exist yesterday.  And if the state does that, I think they'll be applauded and at a time when Michigan needs all the positive news it can get, and certainly forward progress, I think that this would be a wonderful step in that direction.