tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196340.post116128807065486555..comments2024-01-16T11:09:39.454-06:00Comments on Do One Thing Better: Mike Blouin: "It's amazing how many people I can't delude."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196340.post-1161395928491253122006-10-20T20:58:00.000-05:002006-10-20T20:58:00.000-05:00Only a good business climate, which includes a nic...Only a good business climate, which includes a nice standard of living for most of its population, that encourages innovation and rapid growth in small, mostly locally owned, businesses will really create lasting prosperity for Iowa.<BR/><BR/>We are in such a unique geographic location, and at the almost perfect place in history with biotech providing vast potential for clean and fast economic The Deplorable Old Bulldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317795016889341638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196340.post-1161302220134277152006-10-19T18:57:00.000-05:002006-10-19T18:57:00.000-05:00You are very correct - I spent 15 years in economi...You are very correct - I spent 15 years in economic development and found it rife with BS and a lack of accoutability. I later devised methodology to accurately benchmark real progress and results - shot down by all of my peers. The most famous line offered by one of my peers when asked to define economic development was "Shoot anything that flies, claim anything that falls".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com