How would you attract corporations to move their jobs to your state?

Absolutely nothing. I wouldn't bother attracting private business to my state. Instead, I'd raise taxes, increase the insanity of red-tape regulations, and drive them out. But to help employment, I would create more public sector jobs, give in and pay a lot more in salary and benefits, and seek a bailout from the federal government--America's hard-working taxpayers--when the state goes bankrupt. I would make working and pensions for life guaranteed entitlements and would be known as the best state to live in the country!

That's easy...This is Fl....We have the best climate around. Plenty of entertainment for the clients when they need entertaining. No state income tax. Low state sales tax. Rent is fairly low. Houses are empty everywhere...lol Beautiful sunny beaches on all sides. What more could you want? We also seem to have a new Governor that wants to put our people back to work and is motivated toward bringing business into the state.

The question should be what do you think the state should offer to business to move there. 1. Lower taxes. 2. Good Work Ethic. 3. Good schools 4. Good Infra Structure 5. Positive Business Climate Does this sound like dream land? No, several states meet these criteria and more are moving toward these criteria.

Let me tell you how they are recruiting new businesses to my state, county, and city. 1) Weather - we rarely have any bad weather at all - so no snow days, no floods, no tornados, no hurricanes - this means that your workers can always get to work and your customers can get to your location too. 2) Education - community college rates in our county are some of the lowest in the state (and surrounding states)and we have agreements with neighboring states to get "in-state" rates if our students go to their colleges; plus, we have signed an agreement with Arizona State University to open a 4 year college in our city within the next 2 years. 3) Recreation - we have both a lake and the Colorado river, many hiking trails, mountains less than an hour away, shooting ranges, a small race track, and a very active calendar of events. 4) Location - Las Vegas, Phoenix, Laughlin, Flagstaff, Sedona, and the Grand Canyon are just short day trips from my city. 5) Tax incentives - agreements to refund part of the sales tax collected to the company for a specific period of time and/or property tax "credits" for several years. The jobs for local people and influx of new people make up for the short term loss. 6) Other new companies that have moved here - we "toot our own horn" letting new companies know who has recently moved to our area and who is considering moving to our area. We also let them know about companies that are bringing MORE of their company's operations to us.