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California, once again, ranks 50th
Orange County Register (CA) ^ | Updated June 23, 2015 5:31 p.m. | Editorial

Posted on 06/24/2015 2:33:17 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

For the past 11 years, Chief Executive magazine has been polling hundreds of CEOs from across the nation and evaluating state budgetary and economic growth metrics to determine the best and worst states for business. And for the 11th straight year, California has come in dead last.

Texas repeated as the best state for business, aided by its lack of corporate or personal income taxes, and Florida, also without an individual income tax, once again finished runner-up. Rounding out the bottom five of the list were New York, Illinois, New Jersey and Massachusetts, which remained unchanged from last year’s survey.

“California is the highest-taxed state in the nation, highest gas tax, 60-plus cents per gallon, which, combined with [California Air Resources Board] regulations, makes delivery within the state extremely costly,” said one CEO. “Added to this is the disdain for any and all manufacturing as Sacramento wants this to be a Green State. Add to that a pension debt that is largely ignored but very real.”

High-tax and onerous regulatory policies have consequences, and businesses certainly take such surveys seriously when deciding whether to start, expand or relocate a business to California.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; US: California
KEYWORDS: biggovernment; california; moonbeam; regulations; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Apparently residents and businesses are all still willing to pay the weather tax. For how long?


41 posted on 06/25/2015 5:13:37 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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