Baltimore Sun Columnist Calls GM White Marsh Plant 'Corporate Welfare'

It's not every day that Democratic President Barack Obama and the ultra-conservative Tea Party movement can agree on something. But Baltimore Sun columnist Jay Hancock suggests they find common ground over opposition to so-called "corporate welfare." 

Hancock uses the recent groundbreaking of the as an example. 

He writes:

General Motors is paying for barely half of the $244 million plant. The automaker is relying on $105 million from the Energy Department and more than $10 million from the state of Maryland and Baltimore County.

He goes on to say:

The tea party, opposed to corporate welfare by temperament and declaration, should join Democrats and the Obama administration to stop governors from underwriting their ribbon-cutting photo ops with taxpayer dollars.

The full article, Obama, tea party should agree: Stop state corporate welfare, can be found online. 

What do you think? Is the new GM plant an example of job creation or is it costly "corporate welfare."