What was the problem for this solution?

Posted on November 20th, 2006 by TechDigger

MySA.com: Politics
Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday announced the creation of a competitive council designed to strengthen the state’s economic development clout.”Toyota came to Texas in spite of the state’s inability at that time to offer meaningful incentives,” Perry said during the closing keynote speech at the Texas Lyceum’s conference at the Convention Center.
Toyota, which opens [...]

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Corporate Welfare

Posted on October 26th, 2006 by TechDigger

Gosh, after reading David Hendrick’s column on the Texas Enterprise fund, one would wonder how Texas has managed to attract any businesses at all to the state over the past 30 years.
MySA.com: Columnists:
The survey question could be rephrased. “Would you be in favor of hanging a gigantic sign on the state Capitol building reading:’Texas is [...]

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