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"Every job at Boeing supports 3 jobs in the community": true?

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"Every job at Boeing supports 3 jobs in the community": true?
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It is common for industries to claim that they create jobs outside the industry, especially when they are seeking government subsidies.  A few years back, a consultant for the Iowa ethanol industry claimed that ethanol was responsible for 90 thousand new jobs created in Iowa.  As there were only 20 thousand new jobs in Iowa that year,  the estimate was viewed as on the high side.

How many "new" jobs have actually been created by the Governor and how many "net" jobs have been created in Iowa?

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How many "new" jobs have actually been created by the Governor and how many "net" jobs have been created in Iowa?
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Governors really do not create jobs. Their departments of economic development, as well as other departments, may provide assistance, subsidies, and other types of aid to industries, but they do not create the jobs. The industries create the jobs. And the industries create the jobs in response to some type of demand that exists within the economy for the products that are produced or distributed.