It is not news that what government calls economic development is merely redistributing wealth in favor of entities capable of courting government’s good graces, a demoralizing, marginalizing practice that harms economies by design. And, for some odd reason, easy money evaporates quickly in this context as in others. It is news to hear somebody saying so. Unfortunately, retired NC Supreme Court Justice Robert Orr was only preaching to the choir and not actually striking down legislation and practices that support the unconstitutional disproportioning of tax burdens.