More fundamentally, delivering a net positive business strategy is phenomenally difficult.
"It's still a positive business, but not as positive as it once was," he said.
"A more positive business climate will pour revenues into our state treasury".
Last month, the first Positive Business Conference took place at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
''We wish to be known for an aggressive, positive business environment,'' he told me after the vote.
Employment growth remained marked as a result, with recruitment in part bolstered by positive business expectations for activity.
The cap would not apply to small businesses with positive business income and annual turnover of less than $2m.
They find it, he says, in well-managed, financially sound businesses that are out of favor in the market but are experiencing positive business changes.
Its curriculum emphasises bringing a humane approach and social work values into the workplace, helping students learn strategies for creating positive business environments, healthy employees and strong communities.
Timothy Stiles, chairman of Idas, said: "Many countries compensate for lesser wealth with robust governance, a strong social foundation, and a positive business environment".
As interest in the field has grown, so have its names: its strategies are known, variously, as "positive business", "employee happiness", "workplace happiness", "employee wellbeing" and "employee engagement".
