The Rapid City Journal today examines the controversial Cabela's incentive package in Rapid City to several other cities, including Boise, Idaho where the incentive package was a whopping $0.
Read the article here.
I think Cabela's coming to Rapid City is a great thing, and I look forward to it. I also believe government and private business should work together where it makes sense; there has been far too much anti-private enterprise sentiment from government in recent decades.
But I also think government, as the custodian of the taxpayer's money, shouldn't unnecessarily bend over backwards for a business, especially when there's no good reason why that business--which exists to make money--couldn't open a new store on its own.
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Sunday, July 29, 2007
Rapid City Cabela's Deal Compared to Other Cities
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