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Let be honest folks -- can we handle honesty? -- the true job killers are the politicians -- the far left tax and regulate politicians who dominate many state governments. Want to talk about outsourcing? Think about how many companies are doing all things possible to get jobs out of California -- the tax and regulate madhouse of the Left coast. (The Governator has basically been rolled by the far Left California legislature). Quotable:

Every year, CFO magazine asks financial executives to assess the business-friendliness tax policy of their respective states, which the magazine then compiles and ranks. Ranking in the bottom ten? California, New York, Michigan, Texas, Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Massachusetts -- the very states that seem to be bleeding jobs. The most recent unemployment figures from the Labor Department put California, Texas, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan all in the bottom ten there, too, all with unemployment rates at 7.0% or higher.

The Small Business Survival Committee also puts out a report ranking the states on business-friendly public policy. In the SBSC report, Ohio ranks 39th, New York 45th and California 46th. Oregon, also with one of the country's highest unemployment rates, ranks 41st. A 2003 ranking by the Tax Foundation focusing mainly on tax policy and business tells the same story. It puts California 49th, Ohio 47th, and New York 44th.

Outsourcing? You better believe it.

Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack