In Arlington, TX, tax breaks were given to the huge General Motors plant years ago to keep them here. This is not something new - it works. And so do thousands of people in the DFW area thankfully.
It's corrupt and it undermines everything.
The state or, to make matters more concrete, the government - consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they cant get, and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time it is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is a sort of advanced auction on stolen goods.
H.L. Mencken