Rapid City Cabela's Deal Compared to Other Cities

The Rapid City Journal today examines the controversial Cabela's incentive package in Rapid City to several other cities, including Boise, Idaho where the incentive package was a whopping $0.

Read the article here.

I think Cabela's coming to Rapid City is a great thing, and I look forward to it. I also believe government and private business should work together where it makes sense; there has been far too much anti-private enterprise sentiment from government in recent decades.

But I also think government, as the custodian of the taxpayer's money, shouldn't unnecessarily bend over backwards for a business, especially when there's no good reason why that business--which exists to make money--couldn't open a new store on its own.