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very few, very wealthy group. jared, i don t think this is something that has quietly happened and is more than in vogue. it is now almost business as usual, giving these corporations massive tax breaks to bring them to states. i think what is stunning to me, and this was in the wall street journal, is how the tax language for each state tax code is written around corporations. i ll give you an example. in sears in illinois, sears, which has been based in chicago since 1887, threatened to move out if it didn t get incentives. an exemption was passed for a, quote, discount department store that had at least $40 billion in sales in 2010. legislation in illinois and other states typically is written for specific companies without naming them. sears agreed to stay. look, i mean by the way, that group good jobs first does tremendous work in this area. if you re going to make a deal with a corporation, if you re going to chase stadiums or corporations, whatever, put in claw-back provis