Kansas’s $1 billion Panasonic handout part of $100 billion in subsidies nationwide0

• Tax & Spending
• May 11, 2023

2022 was the biggest year for multi-billion dollar megasubsidies in states across the country, including Kansas’s own $1 billion investment in Panasonic. The roughly $100 billion spent on state and local economic development subsidies across the country was more than the 11 smallest state budgets combined. Yet, these subsidies in Kansas and across the country