Multiple reports citing a Sears official’s testimony to the Illinois legislature states that Ohio has offered $400 million in incentives to try to lure Sears to Ohio from Illinois.  If accepted, the result would be 6,100 jobs being transplanted from Illinois to Ohio.  That works out to be over $65,000 per job.

That’s an ironic figure since some conservatives tried to defend Kasich’s unwillingness to do more to prevent Chiquita from leaving, as well, here’s what they said:

For those interested in the math, that’s almost $60,000 of incentives per job, which is A LOT, bordering on near […]