Posted on 07/11/2012 5:05:07 AM PDT by thackney
1. Texas
2. Utah
3. Virginia
4. North Carolina
5. North Dakota
6. Nebraska
7. South Dakota
8. Colorado
9. Georgia
10. Wyoming
South Carolins’s economy appear robust to those with feet on the ground and eyes to see. Liars figure and figures lie.
Are you claiming to be more business friendly than those listed here?
Just because you have a good economy doesn't mean it is the best.
And Texas does it with NO corporate or personal Income Taxes.
Just a 9% state Fair Tax!
That is a lot of money just to run the State Fair.
;-)
Just a 9% state Fair Tax!
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To be clear to others, there are about 60 different taxes (including “fees”) processed by the State Government.
http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxes/#TexasTaxes
I believe most people are unaware of how many different taxes exist in each state.
This list is really not shocking.
I’m only shocked to not see CA leading the list... /sarcasm
There are a number of FR members from CA who are perpetually slamming TX. The current CA model is really "California Dreaming".
If this is a good economy here in Texas then I seriously don’t want to know what a bad one looks like.
I’m a small business owner in Texas and its tough right now on most people.
I’ve heard a lot of people suggesting that secession may be the only way to not get taken down with the rest of the country.
But that would take a serious showdown, and I don’t think people with that kind of balls really exist anymore. Perhaps I’m wrong.
Please keep in mind the article is not about a booming economy.
It is about which state is the most business friendly.
Some parts of the Texas economy are booming, but not all. Oil related is doing well with Eagle Ford and Permian Basin growth.
Notice that most of these are red states and the ones that aren’t red just recently turned purple after being red the last few decades from people in blue states flocking there.
I used to carpool with a guy who would fight you to the death that California was the greatest state ever. Needless to say, we didn’t get along too good when it came to politics.
In other words, Texas is great for business but it sucks to be an employee for one of those businesses...
Modern agriculture & great climate were God’s gift to CA.
High Tech was the more recent growth agent.
Greenies are destroying the AG sector. High Tech is now global. Where does that leave CA?
Surviving High Tech companies are looking for a more friendly environment. NC, TX, AL, etc.
But, TX is so culturally inferior. /sarcasm
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Texas is not where you were born but a State of Heart, Mind and Attitude. (from a native who had an ancestor born in TX during the Republic)
Actually it means Education and Quality of Life measuring scales are created by someone who doesn't appreciate the Freedoms granted individuals in Texas.
I've lived in the Midwest, East Coast and Alaska. I've worked extended stays in California and other locations. By my measuring stick, the quality of life is very high.
It is a time for “reality check”.
Like it or now, it is here.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/47818866
The Quality of Life category, worth 350 points, is relatively straight forward. Criteria include air and water quality, health care, crime rate and local attractions.
Based on that, it’s easy to see how sparsely populated states like the Dakotas, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming would fare well in terms of air and water quality.
Yet, Hawaii is the 13th most-densely populated state in the nation and New Hampshire not far behind at 21. Alaska, with fewer people per square mile than any other state (according to Census Department data), didn’t even make the top 25 in the category.
Attractions clearly play a role, which explains Hawaii’s perennial strong showing. Natural beauty, national parks, skiing, hiking, boating also no doubt helped Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.
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I don’t see personal freedoms or access to jobs in their description of quality of life. Those are pretty high on determining my personal quality of life, how about yours?
Those who find fault with Texas can leave, or not come here in the first place. People come to Texas, and Houston in particular, to work.
Well that explains why a lot of my clients that can pay work in the oil fields.
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