So much of Ohio Governor John Kasich’s argument for supporting him in the 2016 Republican presidential nomination process is his “Ohio Miracle” story. A large part of this story rests upon the raw number of jobs generated during his tenure. Thus far, he has been able to push this story to the lazy national media which doesn’t take the time to think about whether that metric is an apples-to-apples comparison with the other 49 states and District of Columbia. After all Ohio is the 7th largest state in America so will generate large numbers of jobs during a national recovery. The proper number to look at is the net percentage growth of private sector jobs during Governor Kasich’s tenure and how that percentage stacks up to other governors during the same period of time. Read More…
