John Mozena
@johnmoz.bsky.social
Working for economic development transparency & accountability at the Center for Economic Accountability - @accountableecon.bsky.social. Senior Fellow, Reason Foundation. Opinions=mine. #DCTID
The "Rick Snyder poisoned Flint" narrative was a political hit job aimed at a then-popular swing state Midwestern governor, diverting attention from the fact that Flint's own water plant poisoned its citizens because the city's elected officials had been illegally raiding water maintenance funds.
May 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The "Rick Snyder poisoned Flint" narrative was a political hit job aimed at a then-popular swing state Midwestern governor, diverting attention from the fact that Flint's own water plant poisoned its citizens because the city's elected officials had been illegally raiding water maintenance funds.
Forget the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix, I had the best motorsports experience this weekend.
May 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Forget the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix, I had the best motorsports experience this weekend.
Figured it out: Stephen Miller is what would have happened if Pauly Shore had gotten sorted into Slytherin.
May 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Figured it out: Stephen Miller is what would have happened if Pauly Shore had gotten sorted into Slytherin.
No, free(r) trade, especially NAFTA, did not kill American manufacturing employment. Manufacturing as a share of the U.S. workforce had been falling steadily for decades when NAFTA was signed in 1992, and it kept falling steadily afterward.
April 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
No, free(r) trade, especially NAFTA, did not kill American manufacturing employment. Manufacturing as a share of the U.S. workforce had been falling steadily for decades when NAFTA was signed in 1992, and it kept falling steadily afterward.
I was briefly, for my sins, the PR guy for the Not Very Nice Person who bought the Silverdome for $583,000. It was a miserable experience except for two things: I got to go up on the roof (terrible photo below), and I can say I had the key to the Silverdome on my keychain.
April 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I was briefly, for my sins, the PR guy for the Not Very Nice Person who bought the Silverdome for $583,000. It was a miserable experience except for two things: I got to go up on the roof (terrible photo below), and I can say I had the key to the Silverdome on my keychain.
Caught strays in New Years Eve @cardsagainsthumanity.com
January 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Caught strays in New Years Eve @cardsagainsthumanity.com
Can probably get this one used somewhere
January 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Can probably get this one used somewhere
My car tire looks like a Mille Bornes card
December 28, 2024 at 6:30 PM
My car tire looks like a Mille Bornes card
There's bad economic development policy, really bad economic development policy, REALLY REALLY bad economic development policy, and then there's my home state of Michigan:
December 12, 2024 at 8:33 PM
There's bad economic development policy, really bad economic development policy, REALLY REALLY bad economic development policy, and then there's my home state of Michigan:
While industry consultants make wild claims, there hasn't been an official state audit anywhere across the country over the past decade that found a net positive ROI for film subsidies. At BEST they lose 34 cents on the dollar, at worst they lose 94. (Chart from documents.ncsl.org/wwwncsl/Fisc...)
December 11, 2024 at 7:21 PM
While industry consultants make wild claims, there hasn't been an official state audit anywhere across the country over the past decade that found a net positive ROI for film subsidies. At BEST they lose 34 cents on the dollar, at worst they lose 94. (Chart from documents.ncsl.org/wwwncsl/Fisc...)
We have decades' worth of real-world evidence that film tax credits are a terrible idea that inevitably end up costing taxpayers money. In fact, the last time Michigan had a major film subsidy program, we ended up with fewer film industry jobs than we started with.
December 11, 2024 at 7:21 PM
We have decades' worth of real-world evidence that film tax credits are a terrible idea that inevitably end up costing taxpayers money. In fact, the last time Michigan had a major film subsidy program, we ended up with fewer film industry jobs than we started with.
(To be fair, as with just about all terrible corporate welfare programs in Michigan, this is a bipartisan bad idea. The House versions of these bills were from Republican sponsor Rep. John Roth and @mihousedems.bsky.social Rep. Jason M. Hoskins.)
December 11, 2024 at 7:21 PM
(To be fair, as with just about all terrible corporate welfare programs in Michigan, this is a bipartisan bad idea. The House versions of these bills were from Republican sponsor Rep. John Roth and @mihousedems.bsky.social Rep. Jason M. Hoskins.)
Canada is America's biggest trading partner. Roughly 25% of that trade comes through Detroit, where I live. That includes ~$10B in parts & materials for U.S. automakers, who in turn sell ~$18B of cars & trucks in Canada. What happens when everything traveling over this bridge is 25% more expensive?
November 26, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Canada is America's biggest trading partner. Roughly 25% of that trade comes through Detroit, where I live. That includes ~$10B in parts & materials for U.S. automakers, who in turn sell ~$18B of cars & trucks in Canada. What happens when everything traveling over this bridge is 25% more expensive?
Evidence about Mao? I mean, he was a murderous dictator so there wasn't really a lot of incentive for people to contemporaneously document his phlandering but it's well accepted by historians that he had what amounted to concubines in the Chinese tradition. Example: www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
November 20, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Evidence about Mao? I mean, he was a murderous dictator so there wasn't really a lot of incentive for people to contemporaneously document his phlandering but it's well accepted by historians that he had what amounted to concubines in the Chinese tradition. Example: www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
Doctor today: Your blood pressure's a bit high.
Me:
Me:
July 11, 2023 at 8:44 PM
Doctor today: Your blood pressure's a bit high.
Me:
Me:
TIL that movie studio execs tried to get Tim Burton to rename "Beetlejuice" to "House Ghost."
July 7, 2023 at 10:14 PM
TIL that movie studio execs tried to get Tim Burton to rename "Beetlejuice" to "House Ghost."
This is the zoning map for Ruston, La., pop. 22,000. The city's zoning code is 262 pages long and divides the city's 21 square miles into 26 different zoning classifications.
This same city just gave Buc-ee's 20 years of sales & property tax abatements to build a store there to "promote growth."
This same city just gave Buc-ee's 20 years of sales & property tax abatements to build a store there to "promote growth."
July 6, 2023 at 5:16 PM
This is the zoning map for Ruston, La., pop. 22,000. The city's zoning code is 262 pages long and divides the city's 21 square miles into 26 different zoning classifications.
This same city just gave Buc-ee's 20 years of sales & property tax abatements to build a store there to "promote growth."
This same city just gave Buc-ee's 20 years of sales & property tax abatements to build a store there to "promote growth."
TFW when you vent your spleen for 1,500 words and an editor thinks your bile is worth sharing with their audience.
July 5, 2023 at 7:42 PM
TFW when you vent your spleen for 1,500 words and an editor thinks your bile is worth sharing with their audience.