Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Theory of the Day

The amount a local or state government spends touting opportunities for businesses is proportionate to the number and degree of business-hostile policies that they have enacted.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The amount a local or state government spends - almost always on people who have salaries inversely proportional to experience and talent - touting opportunities for businesses is exactly equal to the amount of money extracted from businesses who could have used the money."

Nemo said...

Corollary 1) The amount local or state government spends touting "Green Jobs" is inversely proportional to the overall number of jobs.

Caledonication said...

Doyle likely to receive cool welcome from business leaders

(and by cool I don't think they mean the "sunglasses at night" type of cool.)

When Gov. Jim Doyle addresses a quarterly meeting of Milwaukee-area business leaders on Thursday, he will be facing some who believe his proposed business-tax increases will "clobber" the region's most crucial industries, says Tim Sheehy, president of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.

Nemo said...

Caledonication, do you know the over/under on the predicted number of shoes that will be flung at Diamond Jim by the MMAC audience?