[Raycpa]

out of total subsidies estimated at $1.2 billion,

.... is expected to create 1,200 new jobs, AMD said.....

1.2 billion divided by 1,200 jobs is 1 million per job. ,Yes, thanks so much Hillary. What a deal.

[xcamel]

the new job pool will be closer to 3500-4000 jobs with the subcontractors and support businesses required to keep the plant up and running.

Remember (or be aware) that Saratoga county is "reddest" county in NY by population, also the best managed fiscally, with regular reductions in property and local taxation.

[fight_truth_decay]

You are talking apples and lemons here..you need to research the big picture and not let politics "be your guide"..when a person is looking for employment, politics is the last thing from his or her mind.

This is not working the warehouse at a Home Depot Center or stocking shelves at Wal-Mart. Nanotechnology is and has been heavily invested in, for instance at Purdue Univ. Big money has being invested from the very first "up starts", which I believe was in NY and in Maine. As Mainers will be quick to tell ya, Maine is asleep when it comes to attracting science and technology business such as this to their state, thanks Olympia and Susan! See the big picture, do some research on why the states are fighting to get this technology to be at a "hub" in their state.

Then steer the kids into engineering and science coupled with informational technology and the jobs will remain here.

[operation clinton cleanup]

1.2 billion divided by 1,200 jobs is 1 million per job.

So thats how government creates jobs!

[jude24]

The infrastructure costs money to establish - and doing so will create cascades of more jobs.