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<br />9 <br /> <br />6. Stron!!est Elements: Jobs and Competition. <br /> <br />A number of statements about economic incentives score over 70% <br />agreement with five of these gaining close to or over 50% "strong <br />agreement." The strongest relate to: <br /> <br />. Steady iobs are created (86% agree, 45% strongly agree); <br /> <br />. Other countries/states offer incentives; North Carolina must <br />too to stay competitive (84% agree, 52% strongly agree); <br /> <br />. Incentives help make North Carolina's economy strong <br />(78% agree, 37% strongly agree); <br /> <br />. Competing states like Alabama, South Carolina and Virginia <br />offer deals, so too should North Carolina (78% agree, 48% <br />strongly agree); <br /> <br />. Taxpayers are protected since tax credits are performance- <br />based (70% agree, 47% strongly agree); and <br /> <br />. North Carolina must keep its word and follow through on <br />incentives offered or risk killing future iob growth <br />opportunities (77% agree, 46% strongly agree). <br />Solid two-thirds majorities also agree that incentives packages for <br />companies relocating to one area - like the Triad - benefit the whole <br />state and that a lawsuit threatening to stop incentives risks driving <br />new jobs to competing states. <br />The sentiment about a Triad-based incentive deal benefiting the entire <br />state is agreed to by 71 % in Charlotte, 69% in Raleigh, 88% in <br />Asheville, and 63% in Greenville. <br /> <br />FrederickPolls <br /> <br />G--I <br /> <br />August 2005 <br />