REPAIRING OUR ANTI-BUSINESS CLIMATE
A lesson in milking a cash cow
Boeing's success in getting tax breaks sets bad precedent
When Washington Governor Gary Locke gave Boeing nearly $4 billion in incentives to locate its 7E7 assembly in the state, did he know he was helping Boeing provide a case study for businesses all over the country? An "Exclusive Report" by the Carolina Journal's Paul Chesser highlights how Ernst & Young, an international business consulting firm, recently made a presentation to the State Government Affairs Council, detailing how businesses can follow in Boeing's footsteps. "Turning Your State Government Relations Department from a Money Pit into a Cash Cow," Ernst and Young's (E&Y) PowerPoint presentation, is an outline on how businesses can obtain government "incentives" just like Boeing did.
Washington's business climate is still a problem
Opinion Editorial | April 16, 2004 | Bob Williams
Despite all the signs that Washington's business climate is in need of serious reform, it took a $715,000 taxpayer-funded contract with a consulting firm to spell it out for Governor Locke, and it would seem Washington's state officials still haven't gotten the point. In the quest to win Boeing's 7E7 final assembly project, the state contracted with Boeing's own consultant, Deloitte & Touche, to study how Washington compared with other states. While the state's contract with Deloitte raises many conflict-of-interest issues, the study's findings demonstrate what any business owner in the state could have told us for free...more
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Business Matters Series | Executive Summary
There are ten major policy areas that need to be addressed to resolve Washington's anti-business climate. In our ten-part Business Matters series we identify the crucial issues in each of those areas and offer common sense, free market recommendations that will ease punitive restrictions on businesses and allow them to operate freely and productively, creating jobs and bolstering our consumer-driven economy.
Unemployment Insurance: A better way
The idea of having a transitional safety net in case a worker unexpectedly loses his or her job has plenty of merit. But the state's current program to provide this safety net has five major drawbacks that contribute to the problem instead of reducing it.
Washington State Business Journal
Our journal's purpose is to educate and inform businesses in Washington state of the latest developments in the public policy arena that will directly affect them. We offer and solicit common sense, free-market recommendations that will ease punitive restrictions on businesses and allow them to operate freely and productively, creating jobs and bolstering our consumer-driven economy.
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