> Hohman examined eight major projects—"those that offered $100 million in payments and received significant media attention"—totaling $2.7 billion in promised incentives

> All told, the governor said that her major subsidy projects would create 20,595 jobs in Michigan

Even using these numbers that works out to $135k/job, which is bonkers!

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mtnGoat 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Not really, if the job lasts 30 years it will absolutely offset itself with local economic activity. These people will pay taxes, buy homes, visit doctors and much more.

	▲	Petersipoi 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		People will truly justify anything. My god. We can't even hold governments accountable for waste because people will bend over backwards to justify any amount of spending.
	▲	georgeburdell 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		This is $currentyear. Jobs are 10 years tops