I protest the idea that government exists to create jobs and make us rich, or even to just promise it. I want my government to preserve the peace and ensure justice for all. But I’m outvoted. The State Department of Commerce is now bragging about spending $4 million to get a remake of Dirty Dancing filmed in Western North Carolina. The title alone sounds horrible, like porn or something, which I fear we’re close to subsidizing if we continue on our strange moral trajectory. I suppose most people probably equate dirty dancing with government anyway. The girl in the promo photo looks clothing-insecure. I digress. The $4 million will buy 1225 temporary jobs, 990 of which are for extras. The filming is supposed to spend $16 million.
by Leslee Kulba
Wild West blogger