As far as Governor Messinger Dayton’s mystery Fortune-500 Biotech company coming to Minnesota, I can’t say much that Andy Aplikowski didn’t say better in his excellent piece on the topic (which <a “href=http://residualforces.com/2013/04/17/dfl-secretly-proving-republicans-are-better-for-business-and-jobs/”>you should go read now.

Except this: if your taxes are at a point where government provides a reasonable value for business, you don’t need to give big Tax Increment Finance breaks (AKA “Picking Winners”) to attract business and jobs.