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Magazine mocks California as "the Venezuela of North America"
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 5/13/10 | Tom Abate

Posted on 05/13/2010 12:22:14 PM PDT by SmithL

When it comes to business climate, California ranks last among the states according to the latest attack on the rules and red tape despised by the respondents to a survey by CEO Magazine.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: antibusiness; bananarepublic; california; californication; failedstates; goldenstate; killthegoldengoose; nannystate; pitchforktime
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Texify California?
1 posted on 05/13/2010 12:22:15 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Neutron bomb the place and start over.


2 posted on 05/13/2010 12:23:53 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: SmithL

They should be outraged...in Venezuela...


3 posted on 05/13/2010 12:23:55 PM PDT by jessduntno (Kagan...Filly-bust-her. Bork her. Bork her hard. She needs it.)
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To: SmithL

More like the Greece of North America.


4 posted on 05/13/2010 12:24:30 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: SmithL

5 posted on 05/13/2010 12:25:17 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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More like the Greece of North America.

More like a suburb of Mexico with a touch of Greece economy attached.

6 posted on 05/13/2010 12:27:07 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: SmithL

I am on hold with BART, thousands of employees making $100K plus for leaving me on hold for 15 minutes.

Screw Government jobs. A few cops a zoning office and a city counsel, that’s it. Privatize the rest!


7 posted on 05/13/2010 12:27:15 PM PDT by wac3rd (Prepare for the November 2010 Tsunami)
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To: SmithL

Read the comments, for example:

If California is the new Venezuela, then Texas would be the new China. Overpopulated, fear driven and completely environmentally unsound.

37 Million Californians can’t be wrong.

CEO rag is all about anti tax, pro business BS. California will always be light-years ahead of Texas for one simple reason. Texas is a complete DUMP.

The US Chamber of Commerce, like that CEO rag, is obsessed with ridding our country of environmental regulations and civil rights, two ares where California leads the nation, if not the world. Of course these swine want to get rid of our progressive politics, but that’s just so they can turn CA into Somalia.


8 posted on 05/13/2010 12:27:47 PM PDT by C19fan
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By contrast, Texas, the second-most populous state and the world’s 12th largest economy, is where 70 percent of all new U.S. jobs have been created since 2008. Unsurprisingly, it scores high in all the areas CEOs value most. “You feel like state government understands the value of business and industry to create jobs and growth,” observed one CEO.

Friendly people with positive attitudes who have an understanding of personal responsibility makes for a great State and business climate for job growth!

9 posted on 05/13/2010 12:30:01 PM PDT by avacado
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To: C19fan

California is already an economic Somalia.


10 posted on 05/13/2010 12:30:27 PM PDT by Parmy
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To: SmithL
I've lived in CA for a very long time although I wasn't born here. There is an attitude among California elites of superiority to all other regions of the US, with the possible exception of New England. These elites (Marin & LA County types) save their worst scorn for Texas. They despise Texas like you wouldn't believe. These people are in agony now and I'm having a blast watching them implode. I enjoy going to Texas. I like the people there and I also like the people in NC and VA as well. They are pretty much the same type of people in those places as TX.

Liberalism is in it's death throws but it will take a while. It's interesting that those states in the best shape are conservative (Red) and those in the worst shape liberal (blue). This is driving the liberals crazy. I love it.

What California has going for it is weather and the physical environment. If it wasn't for that, the state would be in even worse shape than it is.
11 posted on 05/13/2010 12:33:28 PM PDT by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough!)
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To: SmithL

so true


12 posted on 05/13/2010 12:35:44 PM PDT by GeronL (Political Correctness Kills)
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If California is the new Venezuela, then Texas would be the new China. Overpopulated, fear driven and completely environmentally unsound.

Texas is not over-populated, except with liberals.

37 Million Californians can’t be wrong

No, but the majority can be.

13 posted on 05/13/2010 12:37:40 PM PDT by GeronL (Political Correctness Kills)
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Kalipornicrats don’t care if their state becomes Zimbabwe as long as its got legal pot, is gay friendly and has D’s in charge.


14 posted on 05/13/2010 12:39:08 PM PDT by GeronL (Political Correctness Kills)
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California will always be light-years ahead of Texas for one simple reason. Texas is a complete DUMP.

Yep-- a 'DUMP' with low unemployment, no state tax, affordable housing, fairly conservative and pretty friendly residents. BTW---the Hill Country and East Tx. are rather quite scenic too. But enjoy Ca. while you still have a job. (not you c19)

15 posted on 05/13/2010 12:40:46 PM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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Magazine mocks California as “the Venezuela of North America”

CEO Magazine is late.
About 15 years ago, Newsweek magazine (IIRC) had an article about the
collapsing infrastructure (e.g., public school system) of California.
The article’s title was so good I sent a copy to my brother and sister-in-law
who were working in life sciences at one of the major universities in Mississippi.
The title of course was:

“The Mississippification of California”


16 posted on 05/13/2010 12:43:33 PM PDT by VOA
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Liberalism is in it’s death throws but it will take a while. It’s interesting that those states in the best shape are conservative (Red) and those in the worst shape liberal (blue). This is driving the liberals crazy. I love it.

The Liberal Train stops in Detroit, its ultimate cosmic destination. Yea, watching the self anointed elites sweat the idiocy of their beliefs is fun to watch, but painful to live through. Maybe in NOV America can pull the scabbed bandage that is the Dem party off hard and fast and real healing (economic, psychic and spiritual) can begin to occur?


17 posted on 05/13/2010 12:43:50 PM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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Texas is a dump?? Really? Compared to California? You mean, the state with more liberal fools, welfare recipients, crime, and double wide trailer parks than any state west of Florida?

You, sir, give mental retardation a bad name. Your misinformed opinion is exactly why Texas is laughing their collective butts off at California, while most of the sane people in California are moving to Texas in droves.

Get a friggin’ clue, retard.


18 posted on 05/13/2010 12:45:31 PM PDT by MGMSwordsman
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12 more firms on ‘Leaving California’ list

http://thebusinessrelocationcoach.blogspot.com/2010/05/updated-again-californias-hostile.html

America’s Layoff Capitals

http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/12/california-new-york-chicago-business-washington-layoff-capitals_slide.html

Six of top ten cities for layoffs in the U.S.
Los Angeles-Long Beach - 15,055
New York City - 14,600
Chicago - [didn’t give number]
Riverside-San Bernadin-Ontario - [didn’t give number]
San Francisco - 7,000
San Diego - 3,000 [at least]
San Jose - 3,000 [at least]
Sacarmento - 3,000 [at least]
[not named]
[not named]


19 posted on 05/13/2010 12:48:06 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ("The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants"-Albert Camus)
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And to think that before chronic DemoLiberal “governance” in California, it’s economy was more robust than many countries...many small countries put together...Now look at it...It’s pathetic...There will be epidemic starvation in California cities soon.


20 posted on 05/13/2010 12:50:24 PM PDT by DGHoodini (Iran Azadi!)
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