[mewzilla]

I can tell you this. It doesn’t bloody work. NYS has spent billions of taxpayer money and Upstate is still a freaking wasteland.

[henkster]

It doesn’t work in New York because the politicians are corrupt idiots giving away the store for “green jobs” manufacturing pixie dust and unicorn farts. Reliably conservative counties do this all the time. They are successful because they pursue real jobs like these.

[bert]

Actually, it does work

By citing New York, you are comparing rotten apples to fresh picked apples.

[USS Alaska]

I can tell you this. It doesn’t bloody work. NYS has spent billions of taxpayer money and Upstate is still a freaking wasteland.

It works in getting businesses to come to a location, but like planting seeds, if the ground is barren {taxes too high, regulations too onerous} the plants won't produce, and bye, bye.

[DuncanWaring]

In the fullness of time, that will be viewed as a blessing.