Letter: More growth isn't always beneficial to state's long-term health

A tract of land known to locals as The Gulch is shown Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, in Atlanta. As Atlanta vies to entice Amazon to build its second headquarters on the site, local leaders are studying a proposal to build a $5 billion project with more than three times the office space of New York’s Empire State Building. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

01282018 AMAZON ATLANTA — A tract of land known to locals as The Gulch is shown Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, in Atlanta. As Atlanta vies to entice Amazon to build its second headquarters on the site, local leaders are studying a proposal to build a $5 billion project with more than three times the office space of New York’s Empire State Building. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

What if governments used tax money to solve problems instead of making existing problems worse? What if governments strived for a sustainable economy rather than an ever-growing one that recognizes no limits? Such questions should be considered before the state squanders more than a billion dollars to lure Amazon’s HQ2.

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