http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/...or-hq.html

Funny and sad.

Funny that Ohio is courting a company that may soon not exist.

Sad that states and municipalities keep playing this game of benefits to lure companies. It's a waste. Companies extort benefits from their states, all with the promise of jobs. Often those gov't promises outstrip anything benefits from the company's presence (see Phx Coyotes and Glendale). Furthermore, there is much time and money wasted with all these shenanigans. Ultimately, moving too is unproductive.

A state votes in higher taxes and then gets few of them. Meanwhile small businesses who don't have pull with the government can't get the breaks they need to innovate, grow and be that next big company w/ lots of jobs (and perhaps loyalty to the region).

It's a stupid dance, and almost everyone loses.