Couldn't the feds stop these incentives on the basis of equal protection? Why doesn't my hotdog stand business get a sweetheart "incentive"? Because I'm not important, don't have enough lobbyists, what? Isn't there an actual tax code? Do they change the law for these companies using due process, or do they just give them a get-out-of-taxes-free card? If so what is the legal basis for that card? It seems like taxpayers in the state, including businesses that didn't get a special treatment, have some kind of standing for a lawsuit. Plus, I think the feds could do a commerce-clause smackdown over this behavior... it's just a prisoner's dilemma where states have to do it because all the other states are doing it too. I would like to see high-tax states sleep in the bed they made for themselves, and low-tax states reap the rewards of being business-friendly, and most of all, not have to tax burden shifted to the small businesses that don't have political clout to get a special corruption discount.