Jeff, the article is about tax CREDITS not grant funding. Those are two very different words that mean very different things! (Hint:Google) This isn't about tax payers money going to anything but the typical incentives that governments provide to encourage businesses to flourish.

But even if we stuck to your faulty analysis this would lead to a stupid tit for tat system that people only feel apply to the arts but not to businesses or *gasp* religion. You know what? I find a lot of the pap that religions peddle to be offensive. I don't care what benefits they may provide to the community let's have them start paying taxes and surviving on their own merit. Businesses too. I don't like what you're selling? Gimme back my tax dollars. And if you want to start anything supposedly "for the public" then I insist you present your plan so that we can all vote on it!

(Good grief.)