http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-10-05/politicians-give-businesses-tax-breaks-for-personal-gain-not-job-growth?src=usn_tw

This particular use of tax laws to subsidize private business gets headlines. But meanwhile, out of the headlines, cities and towns give away tax dollars every day. The gifts are made in the guise of job creation, and the voters reward them for it, even though they mostly don’t work.