Aubade
Redundant Incentives
Friday, 10 June 2011

¶ Come, peer into our crystal ball for a glimpse — more than a glimpse — of the future of manufacturing. Chances are, if you’ve half a brain, what you see won’t surprise you. “Companies Spend on Equipment, Not Workers” — sorry, the crystal ball belongs to reporter Catherine Rampell — suggest that we ponder whether largely inevitable trends require tax incentives. Companies like Vista Technologies will do well no matter what. We need to give their accounting advantages to firms that rely on people, not machinery, to get the job done.