Friday, November 26, 2004
Often, states move too quickly with incentives. Take the cases of Georgia nad Texas.
In the case of Georgia, the state moved ahead quickly with a $60 million investment in site acquisition and preparation for a Chrysler truck plant that may never get built. Read more.
And in Texas, the governor appears to have played fast and loose with the Texas Enterprise Fund. According to a recent newspaper analysis, the State paid out millions of dollars without securing firm commitments from companies receiving the cash. Read more.
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Too eager to hand out incentives
