Members of a committee looking into state and local economic incentives are finding that they're a mixed package at best.

And that's assuming that you think it's OK to take money from one person or business and give it to another business to entice it to locate in your state.

We don't agree to that assumption. We think it's wrong on its face to require one business to pay for its own expenses while letting another, possibly a competitor, have its expenses paid by the taxpayers or get an unequal tax break for doing so.

Our Constitution requires equal protection of the law. Giving one business an advantage over another with special tax incentives or cash payments is a blatant skirting of that constitutional requirement. (more…)