Fishing without bait for jobs seems good idea to state lawmakers

The following is part of an op-ed that appeared in the Sunday Buffalo News.
“Virtually every state has some kind of economic development incentive program. Virtually every one of them has a better business climate than New York does. Yet New York, which is famous for stepping on its own feet, has called an end to its Empire Zone program, thus rendering the nation’s least competitive state even less competitive. Why would anyone want to do business here?

No one disputed that the state’s poorly administered Empire Zone program needed to be changed, but New York did it in the most disruptive—and, frankly, dishonest—way that it could. It changed the rules in midstream for companies that had already made business decisions based on the existing structure of the program. Going forward, companies will have to meet more stringent rules—and, unless the pro-gram is extended, with or without modifications, it “sunsets” on June 30.”

Read the rest of the op-ed click here.