MUNDY TWP., MI -- Massive taxpayer-funded incentives like the state offered SanDisk to locate at a Flint-area megasite aren’t working, the leaders of two think tanks have told a state House panel probing whether those deals should continue.

The California-based chip manufacturer canceled plans to build a $55-billion facility at the Advanced Manufacturing District of Genesee County site last month despite a $6.24-billion incentive package and $259-million set-aside to prepare the site in Mundy Township.

Testifying before the House Oversight Subcommittee on Corporate Subsidies and State Investments on Wednesday, Sept. 3, John Mozena, president of the Center for Economic Accountability, told legislators the current incentive-based system isn’t working.

The Michigan Economic Development

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