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Worst state in America to do business is…

So much for the idea of West is best. In an annual survey, executives ranked California as the worst place to do business for the eighth year in a row…

The survey considered responses from 650 business leaders, who graded states on factors such as taxes, regulations, living environment and more…

California narrowly edged out New York in what the survey called “the ninth circle of business hell,” sharing the bottom five spots with Illinois, Massachusetts and Michigan.

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Um, duh!

chimney sweep on May 3, 2012 at 10:03 PM

California needs to pass more regulations!!!!!!

Blake on May 3, 2012 at 10:06 PM

Blue = business flu!

Difficultas_Est_Imperium on May 3, 2012 at 10:06 PM

California needs a VAT.

That’ll fix everything.

Rebar on May 3, 2012 at 10:08 PM

Unexpectedly.

Washington Nearsider on May 3, 2012 at 10:09 PM

Check out the list:

http://chiefexecutive.net/best-worst-states-for-business-2012

With the exception of FL and VA which are red trending purple, the top 10 are Red states.

The bottom 10 are…..Blue states.

Gov. Jindal is doing well:

…Louisiana, is the Cinderella of business improvement. In 2006, it ranked 47th—where Massachusetts is today. And Katrina didn’t help matters. But since then it has climbed steadily up the ranks so that it is now 13th—up from 27th last year—the biggest leap in a single year of any state. “In Louisiana there is an active government push to reduce taxes and regulation and to encourage new industry to relocate to the state,” commented one chairman. “This was valuable for one of our companies, which decided to make the state our headquarters.”

INC on May 3, 2012 at 10:12 PM

Evidently, we need a mandate to stop ranking states according to how business-friendly they are, since these rankings are particularly biased against leftist states that are particularly biased against business and the notion of private property rights.

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 3, 2012 at 10:18 PM

Maybe they should all move to the number one state. I wonder what state that could be?

cozmo on May 3, 2012 at 10:20 PM

water is wet

The Count on May 3, 2012 at 10:22 PM

It seems Democrats & their liberal organizations (esp. Unions & the EPA) destroy everything they touch. May they reap what they sow.

redridinghood on May 3, 2012 at 10:22 PM

Maybe they should all move to the number one state. I wonder what state that could be?

cozmo on May 3, 2012 at 10:20 PM

Don’t Mess With Texas!

redridinghood on May 3, 2012 at 10:24 PM

It seems Democrats & their liberal organizations (esp. Unions & the EPA) destroy everything they touch. May they reap what they sow.

redridinghood on May 3, 2012 at 10:22 PM

They are locusts. Plain little grasshoppers while they are at low density. Nothing too odd or dangerous, it would seem … but the minute they achieve the magic population density, they transform into ravenous locusts, take to the air and devour and waste everything of value in sight.

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 3, 2012 at 10:29 PM

california? wow. i am 100% extremely shocked.

Sachiko on May 3, 2012 at 10:43 PM

They are locusts. Plain little grasshoppers while they are at low density. Nothing too odd or dangerous, it would seem … but the minute they achieve the magic population density, they transform into ravenous locusts, take to the air and devour and waste everything of value in sight.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 3, 2012 at 10:29 PM

…….. a man took on the powers of whatever he ate -grasshopper (crunchy)… Well, that explains everything.

redridinghood on May 3, 2012 at 11:06 PM

I know!

Let’s raise taxes on the 1% and pass more NIMBY regulations.

DEMOCRATS! DEMOCRATS! DEMOCRATS!

That’s what California needs more of!

victor82 on May 3, 2012 at 11:06 PM

Building a socialist East-German-like state just doesn’t work without the barbwire fences. Got to have fences, and probably some guard towers too.

RBMN on May 3, 2012 at 11:14 PM

“Executives” ranked the states? Well, what do you expect from racist, greedy, 1%er, racist, bigoted, selfish, corporatist, fear-mongering, hate-filled, racist, sexist, homophobes? These are exactly the types of anti-Americans that need to be silenced by overturning Citizens United. I’ve just reported this article to The Truth Team. They’ll handle this.

visions on May 3, 2012 at 11:16 PM

If we shared a border, I’d demand a fence.

Love,
Texas

:P

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on May 3, 2012 at 11:21 PM

Can’t the Juan de Fuca plate go any faster?

Transpo on May 3, 2012 at 11:38 PM

Anti-business, anti-power, anti-transportation, high-tax, insane legislature, largest out-migration, and certifiably crazy governor…is there any doubt which state is the worst for business?

landlines on May 4, 2012 at 1:10 AM

Michigan went red in 2010 and our GOP guv is a businessman. They are working to make MI more biz friendly. It will take time.

karenhasfreedom on May 4, 2012 at 4:21 AM

Can you imagine the result if CA combined its outstanding weather and natural resources with a business-friendly, low-tax environment. It would see growth that would dwarf the rest of the country and the state would be genuinely golden. The politicians know this, but they just don’t care. That would require surrenduring power back to the people it rightfully belongs to. Won’t happen as long as the politicians believe the federal government will bail them out in the end. They figure they can hold out till then. The suffering of the citizenry is a small price to pay when there’s power, perks and profit to be had.

swinia sutki on May 4, 2012 at 7:41 AM