$650k Per Job Created

You have to love Mississippi.  Without them California would look worse.  Multilink here.

Mississippi has disbursed nearly $227 million in aid to six alternative-energy companies since 2010, but so far has fewer than 500 jobs to show for it. Research by The Associated Press finds the state has put in most of its total commitment, mainly in loans, to help some companies get off the ground. But the companies in most cases don't have to meet job targets until five years or more after they begin production. The three companies that Mississippi has given the most money to, KiOR, Stion and View, have pledged to create a total of 2,330 jobs. So far, after receiving $195 million in aid, almost all in loans, the three companies have about 300 employees combined.

The story is what we've come to expect of government meddling in markets.  

The "multilink" however also deserves mention.  The MSM has increasingly become a portal and aggregator rather than news source.  Look at all the word for word repeats of the same story from AP.  Thankfully we have blogs now.