But even some businesses that do not offer such benefits said the amendment might discourage some employees from moving there.
Nevertheless, the presence of a Seminole village largely discouraged whites from moving into the area.
Republicans complained that the added tax burden would discourage companies from expanding or moving to California.
The Governor contends that his plan would, among other things, discourage poor people from moving to the state in search of generous benefits.
Inevitably, other states and cities will reduce their own benefits to discourage New Yorkers from moving in.
That way counties can discourage needy people from moving in and encourage their own poor citizens to move out.
The high cost of housing discourages trained workers from moving to the region.
"I don't have a major problem with smallmouth bass, but we discourage people from moving fish," he said.
In more recent decades, the threat of a highway project discouraged people from moving in.
France wants the withholding tax as a way to discourage investors from moving their money abroad to evade taxes.