John Sander’s witty blog post below highlights what could be a first for members of the McCrory administration, namely that corporate welfare has opportunity costs. Unfortunately, as Jon points out, they draw the wrong conclusion. The first time that McCrory, Skvarla and company recognize that corporate incentives have opportunity costs it’s in terms of the loss of the opportunity to give other incentives rather than in terms of losses to the private sector. This is the hallmark of a true statist; everything is viewed through the prism of its impact on government and alternative government programs.