Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.
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History shows that it's not smart for states to pay more to get jobs; you just get into the race to the bottom.
Unlike the United States Congress, which mostly forbids outside employment, state legislatures are generally composed of people with other careers.
The United States and Arizona are both losing jobs to offshore locations.
But what shouldn't happen is, you shouldn't have the taxpayers from states that are managing their situations well paying for those states that are not.
Tax breaks can serve a vital role in keeping and bringing jobs to our state; however, without accountability, they are little more than loopholes at taxpayers' expense.
There are people walking around the streets of Kansas City who are unemployed, while one of our largest employers is not only sending jobs aboard, but then turning around and making a statement about preserving jobs.
It has to be because unemployment problems in northwest Indiana are similar to those in southeast Chicago.
Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.
Job creation requires a business friendly environment with a tax structure that is not punitive and a state government designed for efficient use of fewer tax dollars.
Workers come to America to fill jobs unwanted by Americans, but they are staying and they are not going home.
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