I agree. I'm suprised it took this long for someone to state just that point. However, while you are handing out carrots to business, you need to swing the stick a bit harder as well. There ARE some bad eggs out there (Enron, Global Crossing) that need to be gotten rid of. Make it so that malfeasance by management, like WalMart being fined for hiring illegals, has a PERSONAL cost instead of an easily paid corporate write-off. Hold CEO's directly accountable for damages done via fraud or shady business practices.
Between the deregulation of all the Bravo Sierra tax crap, the removal of burdensome regulations, and the heavier hand of laws writen to punish REAL damamge, we could really get this economy cooking again before we lose our top spot as the Big Dog in the global economy.
Granted, I forgot about the Walmart incident. There still are some greedy sob's out there that need to be taken down a notch or 2 for their company conduct.