Wasn't this already done a few hundred centuries ago? Over in the Mideast somewhere??
Sure - but think of how many people today feel entitled to money from the gubmint - and WE are the ones supplying that money.
The Amazon HQ2 debacle in NYC really highlighted this; a company offered a lot of good jobs (from which both the city and state of NY would reap INCOME TAXES) in exchange for property tax breaks, and a collection of misfits opposed it because they didn’t want JOBS - they simply wanted the “free sh!t” the property taxes would bring.