Rhode Island 5th Highest Taxes in U.S. (Cranston: 2014, condo)
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Rhode Island has the 5th highest taxes in the U.S. Combine that with the highest unemployment rate in the U.S. RI will continue to hemorrhage population. The ProJo last week included info on RI population, and the only thing keeping RI somewhat stable is a steady influx of immigrants from the Third World, most of which have no skills, many of which don't speak English. Steve Laffey, probably the best mayor the city of Cranston ever had, indicated that eventually RI will end up like a big Detroit; completely bankrupt, with huge unemployment numbers and high taxes to keep up the generous state worker benefits and pensions.
RI's past was rich with manufacturing. Those days are gone and likely will never return. The state needs to reinvent itself and start attracting the 'new' economy, including tech and finance. The pieces are all there, with great educational institutions and a wonderful location. But if the state government continues to be run as it is, things will only get worse.
RI's past was rich with manufacturing. Those days are gone and likely will never return. The state needs to reinvent itself and start attracting the 'new' economy, including tech and finance. The pieces are all there, with great educational institutions and a wonderful location. But if the state government continues to be run as it is, things will only get worse.
This has been my only negativity towards the state.......the tremendous loss of manufacturing. It is hard to stop as states are offering lucrative incentives and the right to work states are courting the big players like Boeing in SC which they have done successfully and now they have just landed one of Boeing's paint facility's also.
We have tremendous industrial sites in the state that are not being utilized fully, Bostich, Quonset Point (great deep water port), Brown and Sharpe etc.
It's great they are converting Mills to Condo's but I would like to see more blue collar jobs come back to the state
People will keep voting the same and expecting different results...
That's it -- blame the voters! Funny, I doubt you whined when RI voted for that monster, that utter failure, Ronnie Reagan. RI voters probably would vote differently if presented with viable options. To date, the only party that resonates with Rhode Islanders, for your information, is Democrats. They saw what the GOP had to offer with that oddity, Carcieri, and are not likely to make that mistake again. If the Republicans could stay out of everyone's bedroom and out of the private parts of a female's body, and maybe if they had economic policies other than wasteful tax cuts to the hyper-wealthy and kooky subsidies to the likes of Shilling, and maybe if their leading candidate didn't tolerate vile racist remarks by members of his campaign team, maybe they'd get somewhere. Don't blame the voters, blame the lack of a viable, alternate party.
That's it -- blame the voters! Funny, I doubt you whined when RI voted for that monster, that utter failure, Ronnie Reagan. RI voters probably would vote differently if presented with viable options. To date, the only party that resonates with Rhode Islanders, for your information, is Democrats. They saw what the GOP had to offer with that oddity, Carcieri, and are not likely to make that mistake again. If the Republicans could stay out of everyone's bedroom and out of the private parts of a female's body, and maybe if they had economic policies other than wasteful tax cuts to the hyper-wealthy and kooky subsidies to the likes of Shilling, and maybe if their leading candidate didn't tolerate vile racist remarks by members of his campaign team, maybe they'd get somewhere. Don't blame the voters, blame the lack of a viable, alternate party.
We have tremendous industrial sites in the state that are not being utilized fully, Bostich, Quonset Point (great deep water port), Brown and Sharpe etc.
It's great they are converting Mills to Condo's but I would like to see more blue collar jobs come back to the state
Unfortunately, I don't think we'll ever see a return of those unskilled manufacturing jobs. Oh, maybe some here and there, but most of them have gone to China or elsewhere and aren't coming back.
Is Bostitch vacant now? I've been wondering what happened to them, somehow I missed news of their closing.
But Quonset Point is actually booming. They've got over 175 businesses and over 9100 employees now. Electric Boat hired 400 last year plans to add 650 jobs there this year - and they've been willing to train unskilled people. Supfina's expanding by 70% this year. Toray is huge. 175,000 cars have been imported through the port, the 7th largest importer in the country. With Quonset's connection to rail, water, air and highway, they'll be busting at the seams in a couple of years. They're definitely a bright spot in RI's employment picture.
You seem to suffer from "That River In Egypt" syndrome.
OK, I was wrong. There is one bit of truth crammed into that endless rant of yours. That is that I DO blame the voters, 100%. I say that now, have said it in the past, and will say it again.
Who do you plan on supporting Alfie?
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