TheLagerLad wrote:

This isn't about Carrier though, in my opinion. It's about Trump's overall approach to trade and business and employment. He cannot just go from business to business like some magic fairy doling out tax cuts on a case by case basis. 

Completely agree with you, as evidenced by my response to Tennyson's questions that he asked.

He can't do this an a case-by-case basis, that would be hugely problematic.  What I think he is doing (and hope he is doing) is "setting the tone" that his administration is going to be pro-business and at the same time trying to show he is going to try and do what he can to help manufacturing jobs.  I think this was done to show people he would follow through on his talk about jobs.

BTW, the tax breaks were done with state funds.  This is something that Pence could have given if Hillary was elected President, but do you think Carrier would have decided to forego $65 million in savings for a $7 million tax break?  As we said earlier there is more to this deal, whether it is the promise of future federal corporate tax changes for all companies or whether they threatened to tax away the government contracts.