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States Get Creative as Jobs Disappear

Even as tax revenues shrink, states pay to entice employers

By Jim O'Neill,  Newser User

Posted Feb 2, 2009 8:47 AM CST

(Newser) – State governments, reeling from diminished tax revenues that have forced cuts in services and, in some cases, jobs, increasingly are offering tax breaks and incentives to employers in an effort to stimulate the job market, reports the Wall Street Journal. “Now is not the...   Read full story »

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