Sometimes we’re saved from ourselves.

Bombardier, the Canadian aerospace company that our legislature tried to lure into building a plant near Kansas City by offering $240 million in tax credits, has turned K.C. down.

If you’re going to grant tax credits, pass them to a business that’s likely to stay afloat:

But opponents such as Matt Bartle of Lee’s Summit look at appraisals of the company’s health from some investment firms and find recommendations that investors sell Bombardier stock. Fellow Senator Jeff Smith of St. Louis read the investment firm’s recommendations to fellow senators. The analysis says Bombardier has financial problems, has lost share of its segment of the airline market, and has a pension program that is under funded by $1.2 billion dollars.

So, let’s see. How do I type a sigh of relief? Oh, I remember. “Whew!”