Politivity

The Writer’s Guild of America has been on strike for about two months now. Could they be to blame for the country’s economic woes?

• Most of the major network shows have shut down production or are about to.
• Many of the writers probably couldn’t afford to strike, and therefore can’t stimulate the economy when they’re not being paid. Some of them could possibly be foreclosing on homes.
• Writers may be going after different types of writing gigs (copywriting, ghostwriting, etc), creating increased competition for existing writers in those fields.
• Many behinds the scenes workers are hit hard, including carpenters, grips, gaffers, production managers and the like - again possible foreclosing on homes and not having dollars to spend (aka not contributing to the economy)
• Without new episodes of favorite TV shows, fewer Americans are watching TV - including commercials which might result in  sales.
• With lower viewer numbers, the networks can’t bring in as much advertising dollars.
• Production companies and studios can only work with existing scripts, which means they cannot generate as much investment money
• According to FilmLA, the strike costs the LA economy $21 million a day.