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You are talking out of your hat.
Indiana is the one that made the deal. If the climate for business improves in the US companies will not need a sweetener to say. It will be in their self interest.

So many of the comments on this thread are disheartening because they show no grasp of economics and muddle the dialog. The Government is not the nanny of business and shouldn’t be put in the position of treating every business equally. Right now Government’s relationship with business is unutterable, hire only minority, female or LGBT owned corporations to do Gvt work??><{)*+_*^D

The Government needs to set the stage for businesses to succeed by removing excessive regulations, allowing energy independence, lowering taxes and promote repatriation of capital. Revitalizing infrastructure will help as well. These are things that are done for all businesses.

If the Gvt needs to prime the pump by reaching out to select companies in this transition period it should. To suggest otherwise is quixotic. Just like suggesting that if Carrier moves to Mexico some other business will magically appear to take its place (capital?, experience, name recognition?) Or the equally ridiculous assertion that Indiana should go into the air conditioning business.

Who said Indiana should go into the "air conditiong" business? Indiana, the Federal Government, and every other state is in the jobs business. None of this has anything to do with air conditioning.

P.S. did you know that North Korea has 100% employment? No jobs ever leave North Korea!

"If the Gvt needs to prime the pump by reaching out to select companies in this transition period it should. To suggest otherwise is quixotic."

Rationalize if you will, but "To suggest otherwise" in this case is simply a desire for adherence to founding principles.

It is not OK for the president to prime the pumps of select companies. And it helps neither Trump nor America in the long run to pretend otherwise.

Carrier is not a national security interest and even the number of jobs involved is quite statistically insignificant. It was a photo-op of a deal. Only 999 more "select" deals like this and we might bribe a single million jobs from fleeing conditions which could instead be improved for ALL businesses the correct way in a matter of months.

There is nothing special about this "transition period" that requires us to abandon primary principles before Trump even takes office and we see what can be accomplished via solid constitutional and free market principles.

No man is perfect. And you don't make a mostly good man better by applauding his mistakes.

I don't mind if you wish to call me quixotic, but keep in mind I did just vote for the incoming anti-Quix.