Time For Tax Brakes
Walter Moore asks the right question on his Facebook page: "How furious would you be if you owned a tax-paying company in Illinois that is NOT getting bribed to stay there, but is instead being taxed to pay for this?"

He's asking it about this ChiTrib story by Kathy Bergin and Wallin Wong. The headline:

$100 million keeps Motorola Mobility in Illinois Illinois boosts tax incentives in 10-year deal to keep smartphone company in Libertyville

And an excerpt from the story:

Gov. Pat Quinn put up more than $100 million in financial incentives to persuade smartphone company Motorola Mobility to keep its corporate headquarters in Libertyville -- the largest package he has offered a company to date and a signal of how badly the state wants to hold on to high-tech jobs.

To persuade the maker of mobile devices and cable TV set-top boxes to stay, rather than move to California or Texas, state lawmakers sweetened terms of its tax-credit incentive program as it has for automakers, including Mitsubishi, and truck- and engine-manufacturers, including Navistar International Corp.

Navistar landed a $64.7 million package last year to keep its headquarters in Illinois, the second-largest deal during Quinn's tenure.

Move to California? We have the palm trees -- and lawmakers taxing the paint off businesses.

Meanwhile, Walter presciently blogs:

Your Guide To Fleeing L.A.: Costco Locations In America
As you consider where to re-locate upon fleeing Los Angeles, you may want to make sure there's a Costco nearby