Posted on 01/28/2021 6:05:39 AM PST by grundle
Rhode Island was ranked one of the worst states in the country for business under President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of commerce, Fox News reported.
Under Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo, WalletHub ranked the state last on its 2019 “Best & Worst States To Start A Business” list and CNBC ranked it the 48th worst state for commerce on its 13th annual “America’s Top States For Business” guide in 2015, according to Fox News.
The state faced an $800 million federal deficit at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Providence Journal reported in May 2020.
Rhode Island’s unemployment rate sits at 8.1% as of December 2020, according to the Rhode Island Department Of Labor And Training, just above the national unemployment rate of 6.7 percent, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics January report.
A Rhode Island commerce agency spokesperson told Fox News that Raimando’s first year in office saw large investments in commercial real estate and that the state was one of the few to continue construction and manufacturing through the pandemic.
“We have stopped the decline, and together we have ignited a comeback of this great state and our economy,” Gov. Raimondo said in her State of the State address on Jan. 15, according to Fox News.
Gov. Raimondo’s RhodeWorks policy, intended to create jobs by funding infrastructure, charged tractor-trailer drivers tolls up to $20 on a single trip and $40 in a single day for traveling through the state, according to CNBC.
“We need funds for improved infrastructure, better roads, safer roads, safer bridges, which also creates jobs,” she said during her confirmation hearing, according to Fox News.
American Trucking Association filed a lawsuit against the initiative, calling it unconstitutional, according to CNBC. The suit was dismissed by a federal judge and the ATA has appealed.
Some of Rhode Island’s economic issues are due to its size, lack of a railroad network and few higher education institutions, according to CNBC.
Raimondo’s Senate confirmation hearing took place on Tuesday.
Bet she raised a lot of money for Biden’s campaign!
Doesn’t matter how much she may have raised for his campaign. Trump won.
Well, his Transportation Sec. ran a city renowned for its crappy roads. Strap in, folks, we haven’t even left the runway yet.
What BETTER qualification for a democrat?
Sort of like putting the "thing" who cut its johnson off as undersecretary of Health. The only surprise is that it didn't get a full cabinet post.
No, I'm NOT posting pictures. Those in Pennsylvania know it well enough.
Democrat/communists don’t select appointees for competence because that would drastically limit their choices. Besides as Democrat/communists they are never held to any standard of production. When they do screw up the rodents in the media either refuse to report it or spray perfume on it.
Nothing to see here patriots move along.
As stated before, the LIBs aren’t really interested in experience, success or qualifications if the appointee can somehow be the FIRST (fill in freak show title) to be in that position, that is ALL that matters....
In the Bidet world, you fail up.
“worst for commerce” is right out of the communist playbook. Destroy economy, make people serfs, kill off the ones who refuse to take a knee; and rule forever. Forever.
His CV is perfect for BBiden’s agenda.
When working (am retired) I frequently ran across folks extolling the virtues of some twit because of what the twit wrote on his CV as the twit rose thru the hirarchy (sp?) of several other companies. Well, “cream does rise to the top.”
My response was “Well, don’t forget that some turds float, too.”
I managed to avoid many meetings like this in the future. Yay for me.
Everyone in that arty is ranked worst For anything their just a bunch of hustlers united the Mafia’s wishes they could get away with half of the things they do.
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