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<DIV><FONT size=2>A mystery?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>We have very favorable tax breaks for businesses, a lot of
very beautiful country, and relatively cheap energy.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Partly and very generally:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>We lack extensive, quality transportation infrastructure
in a geographically spread out and topographically varied state, a workforce
suitably educated for participation in many modern industries and businesses,
and part of the workforce willing to relocate or undergo retraining in order to
be more employable.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Parts of the workforce appear to mirror some of the attitudes
found in some of the citizens: rigid independence, stubbornness, and with
unwillingness to come to grips with the complexities of modern
life.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Note: Partly and very generally prefacing the two
paragraphs above.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>W.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kmmos1@frontier.com href="mailto:kmmos1@frontier.com">Kenneth
Marcy</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Why don't any top
100 companies have any Idaho site?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>A little data analysis on the latest Forbes list of 100 best
companies at <BR>which to work indicates those companies employ about one and
a half million <BR>employees, and they plan to hire about 43,000 employees
this year. That's a <BR>growth rate of about 2.86 percent.<BR><BR>The list
indicates those 100 companies have 303 work locations in 50
states.<BR><BR>Idaho is one of fourteen states that have no work sites for
those companies.<BR><BR>Why is that the case? Why can't Idaho attract any
business representation from <BR>any top 100 company? What does this reflect
about Idaho's
characteristics?<BR><BR><BR>Ken<BR><BR>=======================================================<BR> List
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