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It's really ugly that government officials and legislators can use taxpayers' money to subsidize private businesses without demanding/planning "what if it goes bad". It won't lead to meaningful results if there is no accountability.
When it announced in January that it would build two massive new plants in Licking County, semiconductor manufacturer Intel called it the “largest single private-sector investment in Ohio history.”
I mean take a look at the last state building effort by America: the Iraq War. This was Dick Cheney's contribution to western imperialism: when it all goes to pot just bring the frontier home and create a police state to justify plundering your own tax base and then make your faildaughter a senator.