Originally Posted by trevesty

First time doing business?

My mainstream business partner bought & took over a big sports complex here about a year ago. The small city where it's technically located gave him 2 years of no sales tax (just the city) & the county gave him a small break. He didn't get it by sucking anyone's dick - it's just something many local, small towns do to get businesses to locate + hire employees in the area. They compete just like the private sector.

If you read the article, he pretty much got kickbacks from various states for opening up shop there. Every state does this - every big city does this - every smart business owner seeks it out.

Reason is Libertarian trash anyway, but it's interesting that they don't understand that the government is also a big player in a market economy. If you don't know how to operate a business in the real world, that's ok - others do.