Posted on 09/25/2009 8:34:33 AM PDT by BBell
In the latest Forbes magazine ranking of the Best States for Business, Louisiana jumped five spots from 49th in 2008 to 44th in 2009.
Forbes ranked Louisiana 50th in 2006, and 49th in 2007 and 2008.
The ranking evaluates the 50 states on six different categories, including business costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life.
Louisiana's improved standing was the result of significant jumps in three categories. Louisiana's growth prospects ranking moved up from 17th to eighth in the nation. This category reflects expectations for the state's future performance in job growth, income growth and gross state product growth, among other factors.
Louisiana's economic climate ranking also climbed from 50th to 34th. And Louisiana moved up from 43rd to 36th in regulatory environment.
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Would you mind taking back all the Katrina refugees? Thanks.
-signed, Texas
NO!!! You can keep them!
...and Houston probably went down five notches...
Jindal does it again!
We just have to work harder and can get our ratings down if we really try.
It is a hard state to live in,,heat, damp, no winter, bad roads, crowded on roads, corrupt politicians. Jindal has an uphill battle.
But frankly if My family hadn’t been in Louisiana for over 200 years, I wouldn’t be there. We live half time elsewhere but just haven’t been in a position to make a change yet.
Bobby is a good guy, but according to many Freepers, Bobby is not qualified to be president since neither parent was a US citizen at the time of his birth.
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