Here's a link to an audio/text report:
NPR : 'Jobs Scam' Costs Taxpayers, Author Says. I heard it, it is pretty persuasive. From the text on the site:
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Efforts by states and cities to "create" jobs cost taxpayers $50 billion a year, author Greg LeRoy says. And given the nature of corporate America, there's no guarantee those jobs will stick around... or even materialize in the first place.
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