One very big catch was Art Laffer.
Art Laffer’s don’t grow on trees
“Art Laffer’s don’t grow on trees”
I know and respect Art Laffer! But I doubt that he qualifies as a business in the traditional sense. Oh sure, he may have a few folks working for him, but it isn’t as though Apple Computer, or one of the semiconductor manufacturers relocated to Tennessee and brought hundreds of employment opportunities. Thirty years ago, I worked for a firm that relocated it’s manufacturing from SF to Memphis. Nice place, good workers, but then along came FedEx and took all the property surrounding the Memphis Airport and our plant with it.