tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post3348466455153713870..comments2024-01-11T04:57:37.530-04:00Comments on The Furious D Show: Hollywood Babble On & On #799: Comission/ShmissionFurious Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-43430551114284565832011-09-08T19:49:15.975-03:002011-09-08T19:49:15.975-03:00The Texas Emerging Technology Fund works more or l...The Texas Emerging Technology Fund works more or less like this. If you make a loan to a bunch of flakes with some pie-in-the-sky concept, then the TETF will reimburse you for 10% of the loan. <br /><br />This means that you are likelier to invest in flakey stuff (risk is lowered), but the government doesn't need to vet every crazy idea, because presumably the 90% of your money you plunged into the venture means YOU will vet it. <br /><br />It also means that the government doesn't need a staff of 10,000 bureaucrats, because the fund is comparatively easy to manage. <br /><br />It seems like a National Film Board that did something similar to this might actually work. Of course that will not be the case.Sandy Petersenhttp://barkinglizards.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-36961120329356162672011-09-08T18:42:38.904-03:002011-09-08T18:42:38.904-03:00Just what we need the movie version of 'Piss C...Just what we need the movie version of 'Piss Christ'.Rainforest Gianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240761465708154282noreply@blogger.com