Obama - good for Americans

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

What will work? For who? Scandinavia and Canada have some of the best Standards of Living. If you lower tax rates on business are you also gunna make sure your salary increases when the company does well? I don't think so. You're living in probably the most business friendly area of the country, but the workers are paid the least there. Sounds like you enjoy static salaries for workers. So that's "working" for you. I heard Canada is one of the most business friendly countries, and has a top 3 type standard of living. I don't think you could stand for their personal income taxes though. There is no country that works well with the Republican Recipe (low business regulation, low taxes of all types, and low Gov't spending.) That doesn't work, but keep pushing that crap.

i don't think right now that arkansas is business friendly. we've had several companies look at various sights in the state to possibly build a place-a truck factory, parts factory, etc. but we get passed over due to lack of skilled labor. our average salary in the state is just over 30k, with our state govt however making an average of 35k. go figure. at any rate, this state is still not that big of a population, and is still mainly agricultural, which i'm sure skews some numbers. as for the skilled worker, murphy oil is based in el dorado... a couple of years ago they came out with what's called the el dorado promise, which gurantees full paid college scholarships for all their graduates. murphy knows if they want a future, viable workforce, they have to do something now. it's good to see. i know i was frustrated when i worked at the school a few years back, and would hear teachers and parents pretty much blow off low scores by saying 'well, this is arkansas'. as tho they should just accept mediocrity, while hoping mississippi would continue to keep us out of last place in education rates. but that is an example of a company who cares about their workers, as without workers, how do they operate?
but yeah, the cost of housing down here is low, since the wages are low. but the two go hand in hand. also, we can't have higher wages if we don't encourage education (lottery for college is on the ballot-for now, as long as the bible thumpers don't get it stricken from the ballot) which will allow us to draw new industry.
you can't really compare this area to california for instance, which is huge-and has an economy larger than most countries.
by the same token, the housing bubble and burst hasn't occurred here. real estate is steady, which is a good thing, and something many areas can't say.

[Cannon Shell]

http://ohioagainstterror.blogspot.co...legal-get.html

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

http://ohioagainstterror.blogspot.co...legal-get.html

LOL...Wow, you can tell it's getting closer to election time. Reminds me of an old man with a metal detector going back n' forth at the beach.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Danzig

you can't really compare this area to california..

No, you sure can't. Be like comparing chicken s-h-i-t to chicken salad.

[Mortimer]

Why in the FUCl< are you people still arguing!!??






SHUT UP!!!!

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

Why in the FUCl< are you people still arguing!!??






SHUT UP!!!!

Now you've done it HONU is here !!!

[Mortimer]

FUCl<AGE!!!!

[geeker2]

DOO- DA can't be far behind.....

[Mortimer]

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As long as she brings that fine behind---I'm square with that.

[Honu]

The United States has the 8th highest corporation tax in the world , cant say that it is to hard to figure out why buisness' are going somewhere else.
Go ahead and Robin Hood what is pretty much the lifeline of every economy and see what happens.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

No, you sure can't. Be like comparing chicken s-h-i-t to chicken salad.

you shouldn't be so hard on your homestate.