So here it is..  (Please feel free to pass it along to YOUR  state representative or state senator as well.)

Dear Representative,
I sell security equipment wholesale.  I lose at least four to five sales for every one sale that I make.  My level of expertise is such, that the loss of these sales can only mean one thing; that my prices are TOO HIGH.  To solve this troubling issue, I may have to make one of the following choices:

1.Stay here in Michigan, and lower my prices, resulting in a lower standard of living for myself and my family.  It may also result in fewer raises for the employees, or one less business bought pizza lunch for the gang.  A sorrowful dilemma if there ever was one.
2.Leave Michigan for a more CCTV warehouse friendly clime..  Perhaps one that offers a little help for a business that employs a few high caliber technicians.
3.Stay in Michigan and tough it out, keeping my prices near the level they are, and simply relying on my true competitive spirit to make the deals in a way that makes a decent living, provides value for all, and keeps the doors open through innovative perseverance. (Yeah..suure WHAT-EVER...)

You see sir/madame, I would like to add an option 4., Have the state reimburse me for a percentage of the money I spend while doing business here. (Employees, equipment, ETC...) this would allow me to undercut ALL my competitors in those other states who just don't understand what it means to be a Michigander.

We could design it in the form of a "rebate," not entirely unlike the Michigan Film Credit.  A check issued to my business (ahem... Or other "qualified" distributors of security equipment)  for Say.. 30%? Maybe call it the "Security Producer's Logistical Use Rebate Grant & Entitlement?"  A fancy name ALWAYS helps to enlist cosponsors to be sure, and makes it seem important enough to earn the respect of naysayers and supporters alike.

I am convinced the plan could work if it was crafted carefully enough by your capable staff (or one of my suitable lobbyists if you like..) in a way that could create new jobs in my industry, spin offs, long term growth etc..  You know, you guys do this all the time. Everybody knows the state always picks the sure fire winners.

I also realize the state would then feel obligated to provide a CCTV "warehouse distributor's service office" in Lansing, but on the bright side, that too would create more employment (and they would be  UNION JOBS to boot!) bringing another Michigan family closer to prosperity.  More employees I could put to work more easily, extra Lansing jobs, and more money flowing through Michigan's economy from greater out of state sales!

WIN !WIN! WIN! ...See?

And after that..  There may also be a growing need for proctologist grants.  And I'll bet we could get a great new acronym for those too.