"I’m positive it’s in our best interest to keep XYZ company with 1,000 jobs, even if they’re making buggy whips." says Rep. Prior Gibson (D-Anson), quoted in the News & Observer. How about…?
I’m positive it’s in our best interest to keep XYZ company with 1,000 jobs, even if they’re building pyramids… or
I’m positive it’s in our best interest to keep XYZ company with 1,000 jobs, even if they’re paying teenagers to break windows and paying workers to replace them… or
I’m positive it’s in our best interest to keep XYZ company with 1,000 jobs, even if they’re building a Temple to Randy Parton… or
I’ve got it. Here’s how it should read: I’m positive it’s in my best interest to keep XYZ company with 1,000 jobs, especially if they’re paying me back in votes.
-Max Borders
Why not subsidize a company that employes 500 employees to dig ditches and the other 500 hundred to fill them in?