There’s a strong case to be made that North Carolina should scrap its programs for offering targeted tax breaks and grants to selected companies.

But if the state is going to continue to use those types of incentives to luring new companies to the state or convince existing companies to stay in North Carolina, the government should adopt some additional safeguards.

Jeanette Doran, senior staff attorney at the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law, made that argument during a presentation today to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. In the video clip below, Doran explains the importance of a “but for” requirement.

3:50 p.m. update: Click play below to watch the full 55:32 presentation.

You’ll find other John Locke Foundation video presentations here.