https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigafactory_1#State_competitio...
By even bringing up SpaceX you're trying to narrow the goalposts to something no one else is talking about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigafactory_1#State_competitio...
By even bringing up SpaceX you're trying to narrow the goalposts to something no one else is talking about.
You can complain about corporate welfare but only complaining about one corporation isn't really fair. Walmart utilizes local police forces to skimp on internal security (not too mention using welfare to subsidize poor pay), Military companies relying on politicians literally stuffing their coffers while the Pentagon argues otherwise, resource extraction companies are given free permits to bleed the land dry, agricultural subsidies, 0% interest loans dictated through the Fed, the auto bailouts, the financial bailouts, propping up home prices through artificial means. The pattern seems to be taking tax dollars and giving them to corporations.
As long as it's local not federal money I don't see the need to complain, because it's not my money.
However, locations are forced to play the game from network effects which push companies out of small communities. So, banning this behavior is likely to make things even worse for small town America. Still, getting rid of this might be better, but it's not as clear cut as you might think.