THIS is Our Future

This is Minnesota's future if we do not heed the warnings of the ALEC-Laffer report that I wrote about earlier.

BOCHUM, Germany - Thousands of people marched through this west German city Tuesday to protest Nokia Corp.'s decision to close a factory, and a German official warned the move could weigh on Nokia's image and business....The plant closure, which likely will result in the loss of 2,300 jobs, was announced last week and has infuriated German unions, as well as politicians....Nokia has cited the German location's lack of competitiveness as the main reason for closing the plant and said labor costs in Bochum were nearly 10 times those at a Nokia plant in Romania. But that point has irked officials in the region, who argue that labor accounts for a small proportion of overall manufacturing costs.

Emphasis mine...Out of control labor costs, out of control taxes, out of control utility costs, out of control government regulation in business...it all leads to businesses running OUT OF YOUR STATE! Is that really what Minnesotan's want?