[GeronL]

I don’t have a libertarian streak.

I was under the impression we were bringing businesses here because this is a better place to do business. Not because we decided to subsidize them better than the commies.

[Spktyr]

It’s both, but dangling a carrot helps. Also, the amount of money getting paid is neither permanent nor terribly large usually. Unfortunately, it is how the game is played at the national level now, with the economy in the shambles it is in - employers have the whip hand in deciding where to go.

[snoringbear]

“I was under the impression we were bringing businesses here because this is a better place to do business. Not because we decided to subsidize them better than the commies.”

Got a question for you; what Texas hero is buried at the Alamo? No fair Googling :)

[Spktyr]

It should also be mentioned that by attracting ‘anchor’ corporations a lot of other businesses also migrate at zero additional cost to the taxpayer.