[allendale]

Granting a “tax credit” is a concession that taxes for everyone are too high and are themselves a deterrent to economic activity, the creation of wealth and prosperity. When a company is given a “tax credit”, pressure is now put on the politicians to accommodate other entities and lower taxes for all. As long as there are Democrats who will accommodate the greedy, the dependent and those who prefer to be non productive, there will always be the opposite pressure to increase taxes and grow the state. Unfortunately the concept of productive capitalism and the generation of wealth is not appreciated by the majority of voters.

[Garth Tater]

I fail to see how any of that corrects your original statement that "Theoretically any tax decrease that stimulates wealth creating capitalistic economic activity is appropriate policy."

The state treating persons or businesses in an inequitable fashion does not correct any of the problems of modern politics that you've described and ascribed to the Democrats. Two wrongs do not make a right. Nor is it "appropriate policy" because it counteracts Democrat political corruption. It is simply more corruption - now being done by your preferred gang of thieves.

That's just my humble opinion as a tax payer tired of being robbed by politicians of all stripes in order to pay off their supporters. And that goes for Democrats and Republicans alike.