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Virginia does a lot of business thanks to proximity to the DC area, but in the same manner, the fact that many businesses opt for VA over MD and DC, in the DC area speaks volumes.
I really wish VA would drop the income tax and raise sales taxes.
Yep, and so are Sean Parnell (AK-#49) and Haley Barbour (MS-#47). Again, having a Republican in charge is not a guarantee of success just as having a Democrat in charge is not a guarantee of failure.
I am sure that the weather and vast wilderness of AK has nothing to do with attracting businesses to AK, right?
These rankings are interesting at some levels, but they aren't for parsing out political party contributions. Some of it is pure geography and then other factors are taxation and the level and skill of the workforce. As a home-grown Rhode Islander, I can tell you that taxes are quite high but also the skill of the workforce is primarily in manufacturing and labor, not in "white collar"-type jobs that populate technological and financial centers like found in those other states. That fact is from the history of RI as a major textile and manufacturing center in the early 20th century as well as as population and overall poor infrastructure for building businesses. I also don't think the educational system is particularly great, even if the rankings have it in the middle-tier for states. Universities are successful, but public school systems are not, especially in major population centers of the state.
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California's at #32, which is a lot better than you would think if all you did was pay attention to right-wing partisans on this forum.
I actually disagree. For all the glamour and hoopla about California being the world's 8th largest economy, this ranking is actually quite humbling for the state. Since its inception, California has marketed itself as the state of huge opportunity and risk-taking, from the Gold Rush to Hollywood to Silicon Valley. It has been remarked as a state of vision and innovation, and yet to be in the bottom half of states that are business-friendly? Very, very disappointing. If I were a Californian, I would be very discouraged by that ranking.
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I actually disagree. For all the glamour and hoopla about California being the world's 8th largest economy, this ranking is actually quite humbling for the state. Since its inception, California has marketed itself as the state of huge opportunity and risk-taking, from the Gold Rush to Hollywood to Silicon Valley. It has been remarked as a state of vision and innovation, and yet to be in the bottom half of states that are business-friendly? Very, very disappointing. If I were a Californian, I would be very discouraged by that ranking.
CA is 1st in access to capital and technology. If your business isn't dependent on those things, CA probably would rank as the absolute worst. If it does need those things to get started, you'll probably be looking to move out as soon as you get it established...
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