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Conservatives shoot down Arizona’s ‘balloondoggle’ thanks to state’s gift ban

By Timothy P. Carney
Published October 27, 2022 7:45pm ET
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Conservatives shoot down Arizona’s ‘balloondoggle’ thanks to state’s gift ban
Crew members of the hot air balloon dubbed "First Light," prepare to inflate the envelope during the Aloft event at S.Y. Jackson Elementary School, marking the first official event of this year's Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. The nine-day fiesta gets underway Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, with a mass ascension of hundreds of balloons at balloon fiesta park. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan) | Susan Montoya Bryan

Arizona shows that corporate welfare can be defeated if your constitution prohibits it and if you have dogged champions of free enterprise ready to challenge it.

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