Recent posts on this blog have discussed how otherwise reliable conservatives are taking exception to the Good Ol' Boys and their various enterprises. As if on cue, Mansel Phillips, another frequent Cranky Old Conservative Guest Columnist to the Globe-Republican, casts his gaze upon the AEDC:
By the way, for those of you who have not been paying attention, the AEDC gets its millions of dollars from your sales tax. One person described it as a "slush fund" for the local movers and shakers."Corporate welfare" would be another way to describe it.
In pure economic and business terms, the nuclear plant in the "vicinity of Amarillo" would be a non-starter without federal government and city subsidies, also known as "candy."
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