What's the difference between that and airport subsidies? In both
cases, the idea is that the added commerce brought to the area offsets
the direct costs.

In theory, there is a codified process that any airport grants must go
through. This supposedly weeds out the unworthy or unnecessary.

I've not seen any "cast in stone" procedures for obtaining corporate
welfare. Often the deciding factor seems to be "Who gave whom the
biggest political donation" during the last election...

The difference between theory and practice is that in theory, there is
no difference. In practice, there is. This "codified process" sure
didn't save Meigs (and it's the same coming and going). "Who gave whom"
seems to be the way things work in business too.

Jose
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