According to the latest State Entrepreneurship Index published by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, states in the Northeast and Northwest are the most favorable for entrepreneurs:
#5 Oregon #4 New Jersey #3 Massachusetts #2 Washington #1 New York
The worst? #46 Alabama #47 Nevada #48 Mississippi #49 Arizona #50 South Carolina
(Probably just a coincidence, but the best states to start a business are Blue states, and the worst, Red States!)
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Two lists. One compiled by an advocacy group... (similar to the Chamber of Commerce) that has a political agenda, the other by University of Nebraska-Lincoln, that gathers and studies statistics, and data.
It's up to you to decide which you consider more accurate and valid.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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dmallind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Oct-16-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message 2. Damn pinko commie fellow travelers
I used to live in Lincoln and, like all Nebraska, it's a hotbed for far-left radicalism, virulent anti-Americanism and kneejerk hatred of anything to do with W. The place makes Berkely look like the John Birch Society.
Rebecca Carr has donated $350 to Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The decision to give money was an easy one for her: She wants a Democrat in the White House.
And after the 2000 election, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln senior analyst in academic affairs said she realized how important it was to have one person in the White House over another.
"So I think certainly in my case, and more generally," she said, "people are more aware of the importance of the presidential race and thus are more willing to spend money and time to get behind the person they believe in."
Carr is just one of many University of Nebraska employees who donated money to a presidential campaign this year, according to a Daily Nebraskan analysis of Federal Election Commission records through early March. The paper obtained a list of every person employed by the NU system and matched it with FEC data to determine who contributed to a political party.
University of Nebraska employees donated $68,411 to various presidential candidates, which amounts to almost 8 percent of Nebraska's donations.
Overall, the state donated $893,968 to all of the candidates. Democrats received $480,227, Republicans $413,691.
Former Democratic candidate John Edwards received the most money - $23,923 - from NU employees. Obama received $22,206, and Sen. Hillary Clinton got $5,945.
he top 15 business-friendly states March 8, 2011 by Alex Irwin Posted in: Regulatory, Special Report
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has released a report that makes a bold claim: Regulatory burdens are keeping nearly 750,000 jobs from being created in the U.S. It also lists the best states for business. Is yours on the list?
The report, “The Impact of State Employment Policies on Job Growth” calls on states to reduce regulations the Chamber says are preventing employers from hiring workers.
The report also separated states into three categories — good, fair and poor — based on current standards and workplace regulations.
The “good” states that are the most business friendly:
Alabama Florida Georgia Idaho Kansas Mississippi North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia
The report goes on to detail the effects of labor issues like minimum wage and litigation and enforcement on businesses. Reviews of individual states’ policies are also included. In addition to the 750,000 new jobs, the Chamber estimates that reduced regulatory burdens could lead to the creation of 50,000 businesses a year.
All I can say is look at the exodus of people from NY and the northeast in general for the last 10 years... that says more than ANY study by the Chamber or an academic institution.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
It appears that MT has posted the opinions of two individuals. Very good MT. But what is the significance of the opinion of two people???
It was interesting to notice how even the donations were from any institution. It appears the University is evenly split between Republicans and Democrats:
"Overall, the state donated $893,968 to all of the candidates. Democrats received $480,227, Republicans $413,691"
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
he top 15 business-friendly states March 8, 2011 by Alex Irwin Posted in: Regulatory, Special Report
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has released a report that makes a bold claim: Regulatory burdens are keeping nearly 750,000 jobs from being created in the U.S. It also lists the best states for business. Is yours on the list?
The report, “The Impact of State Employment Policies on Job Growth” calls on states to reduce regulations the Chamber says are preventing employers from hiring workers.
The report also separated states into three categories — good, fair and poor — based on current standards and workplace regulations.
The “good” states that are the most business friendly:
Alabama Florida Georgia Idaho Kansas Mississippi North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia
The report goes on to detail the effects of labor issues like minimum wage and litigation and enforcement on businesses. Reviews of individual states’ policies are also included. In addition to the 750,000 new jobs, the Chamber estimates that reduced regulatory burdens could lead to the creation of 50,000 businesses a year.
Shadow A question... Do you consider the US Chamber of Commerce to be a non biased, non political, fair and balanced group? Or Do you consider it to be a very biased, very political group that advocates for one particular agenda?
IMO, The national US C of C is 100% advocating for the Republican party. (Just google the CofC for news on this issue.)
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
It appears that MT has posted the opinions of two individuals. Very good MT. But what is the significance of the opinion of two people???
It was interesting to notice how even the donations were from any institution. It appears the University is evenly split between Republicans and Democrats:
"Overall, the state donated $893,968 to all of the candidates. Democrats received $480,227, Republicans $413,691"
Overall, the state donated $893,968 to all of the candidates
Overall, the state donated $893,968 to all of the candidates The question is the college, not the state.
OK, maybe I didn't understand your post. You posted: "University of Nebraska employees donated $68,411 to various presidential candidates, which amounts to almost 8 percent of Nebraska's donations."
U of N employees would probably contain very many political, educated, and wealthy individuals. The fact that they donated to a political party is not surprising, and many being wealthy, the amount would probably be higher than average. What is the point? Did they donate to Democrats or Republicans or Independents??? It doesn't say.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
OK, maybe I didn't understand your post. You posted: "University of Nebraska employees donated $68,411 to various presidential candidates, which amounts to almost 8 percent of Nebraska's donations."
U of N employees would probably contain very many political, educated, and wealthy individuals. The fact that they donated to a political party is not surprising, and many being wealthy, the amount would probably be higher than average. What is the point? Did they donate to Democrats or Republicans or Independents??? It doesn't say.
It doesn't say? Perhaps a refresher in Reading Comprehension?
Rebecca Carr has donated $350 to Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The decision to give money was an easy one for her: She wants a Democrat in the White House.
And after the 2000 election, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln senior analyst in academic affairs said she realized how important it was to have one person in the White House over another.
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It also doesn't surprise Wagner that more money went to Democrats because he said professors tend to be more liberal.
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University employees across the country have donated large amounts of money, according to political watchdog Web sites including Opensecrets.org. Some schools, such as Yale and Harvard University, donated almost exclusively to Democrats, and in large numbers.
No one lives in a vacuum... EVERYONE has a political bias... Surveys show Academics, press, minorities and union members typically vote democratic. While businessmen, military, rural residents and certain christian denominations vote republican.
To say these biases don't exist is being intellectually dishonest.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
It doesn't say? Perhaps a refresher in Reading Comprehension?
Rebecca Carr has donated $350 to Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The decision to give money was an easy one for her: She wants a Democrat in the White House.
And after the 2000 election, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln senior analyst in academic affairs said she realized how important it was to have one person in the White House over another.
OK, One person, Rebecca Carr has donated $350 to Sen. Barack Obama. This has significance to you???
There may be a hundred people just like her who donated to his opponent... either way??? You draw some valid conclusion from one womans opinion???
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Two lists. One compiled by an advocacy group... (similar to the Chamber of Commerce) that has a political agenda, the other by University of Nebraska-Lincoln, that gathers and studies statistics, and data.
It's up to you to decide which you consider more accurate and valid.
TWO LISTS. One compiled by a group of pie-in-the-sky academics who never met a payroll and wouldn't know a 14 hours day if it kicked them in the tw@t, the other by a group of business people who have spent their lives being persecuted and run down, vilified, over-taxes, harassed by penny-ante bureaucrats and regulators, overburdened by regulators and government men, treated as the modern day equivalent of the Jews in Germany in 1933, and are legally discriminated in every form or fashion by THE GOVERNMENT.
It is up to you to decide which you consider more accurate and valid.
Any entrepreneur who sets up in NY when they don't have to or doesn't get a gigantic pile of cash through political connections (ala' Metroplex) needs some form of therapy. But of course the numbers don't lie. If we were number one for entrepreneurial activity then this state would be flush with new business start ups. I find it amusing how liberal progressive communists think if they lie to themselves they will make everything all better. They sit around and lie to each other and themselves, even in their studies. Is that a symptom of mental illness or what?
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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