Sorry but I don’t agree. No mistake was made by Trump.
On the microcosm large companies know they have leverage because of the taxes they will pay and that those taxes are a large part of some towns budgets. So the companies shop around for deals and the town that has the best package for road access, services and tax rebate gets the business. This is the same thing writ large. That’s why we elected Trump; he knows how to make deals. Deals that benefit America like this one.
I trust that Trump will make good decisions, don’t get me wrong, I just disagree with the message it sends.
Yes, local, state, and federal governments give tax incentives all the time, and businesses shop for the best deals. True, also, that infrastructure, highway access and a myriad of other considerations come into play.
I simply think that with this precident set, we may see an avalanche of business that are on the edge start to make noise and try to strong arm state and federal government, à la Al Sharpton, to get money out of those governments when they otherwise should have been left to fail on their own, here or in another country.