jaunte posted this in the last thread, and there’s a very important point in the replies:

@ThePlumLineGS reminder, Carrier is in Indiana and Pence gave company incentives https://t.co/6CgWI2m9EY

— Paul Angelone (@PaulAngelone) November 12, 2016

What the state did was give some companies money on the incentive that the companies would improve hiring. But the requirements were for one specific location, and so the companies cited would move a good chunk of the rest of their work offshore, resulting in a net loss of jobs for the state.