In August 2009, Kasich criticized Governor Strickland for “letting” NCR leave Ohio.  Kasich claimed that if he was Governor, “he would have gone to the CEO’s house and ‘that guy couldn’t get out of his driveway because I’d be sitting on the hood of his car.’”

While we’re not sure if Kasich actually sat on anyone’s car, he did open up the state’s wallet for any and every company that even hinted at leaving Ohio in the past two years; doling out massive handouts with gusto.

He even had the legislature expand the job retention tax credit TWICE in 2011 so he could […]