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[*JB*]

There are many lessons here...but even more blind eyes, unable to see the light.

Hudson River town wonders what's next as GE plant heads south in latest NY manufacturing loss
About 200 jobs will head south as soon as September when GE sends local operations to Florida to cut costs.

Many here worry about an estimated $12 million in wages disappearing to Florida.

"I think your tax climate, your labor costs, your old capital are probably three of the biggest factors, not only in this specific move, but a lot of the moves that you see out of New York state,"
"Did our union get too strong? This was probably the best-paying mill in the area," said Bruce Ostrander, a veteran tool-and-die maker.

Florida is a "right-to-work" state, which means workers can't be required to join a union as a condition of employment. The Clearwater jobs will not be union jobs. Horne said they will pay prevailing wages.

"We need to improve our overall cost structure to be competitive. Wages are only one element of that cost structure," Horne said.

http://www.therepubl...n-Loses-Factory

For Florida, the population estimates set to be released Monday could come with a side of bragging rights.
This may finally be the year Florida overcomes New York as the nation’s third most-populous state.
“Florida is on a roll,” Scott wrote in a statement. “Cutting taxes and reducing red tape on businesses is a great catalyst for economic opportunity and job creation".

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[Rogerdodger]

Excessive taxes & regulation: pretty soon you get a wild Tea Party revolt by lovers of freedom.
In the meantime the poor & unemployed continue to suffer under the banner of a Command and Control Monarchy.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."


Government regulations driving fast food restaurants out of US...

"Under the current U.S. business climate, regulatory and tax restrictions tend to curb otherwise dynamic entrepreneurial energy," Puzder said. "We'd love to see more growth in domestic markets. Unfortunately, it's easier for our franchisees to open a restaurant in Siberia than in California."

"It's difficult to open in the U.S., but we love the U.S. and continue to fight the good fight to open restaurants and create jobs," Puzder said. "It's just that the government is making it hard for us to build those restaurants."

Over the last three years, Hardee's and Carl's Jr. opened more restaurants internationally than in their own backyards—a first, he added. CKE now operates restaurants in 30 foreign countries.

On a percentage basis, the growth rate is striking. During this period, the company increased its restaurant count domestically by 2 percent. Meanwhile international locations jumped by 53 percent as CKE filled in "white space" or areas where it currently doesn't have restaurants.

Puzder named ethanol regulation, which has resulted in higher beef costs, a rising minimum wage and higher labor costs due to Obamacare as three obstacles that make doing business in the U.S. more difficult than in the past.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 31 December 2013 - 08:36 PM.

[AChartist]

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[Rogerdodger]

Harvey should gladly pay even more taxes to support California.
Instead he pleads for tax breaks???
But then again, I think he's a member of the hippo-crat party.

Harvey Weinstein Pleads For Tax Breaks...

He called for California to expand its production tax incentives.
“There’s no reason for us not to shoot here, except when you do the numbers here and when you do the numbers in New Orleans, it is much more attractive financially.”

Poor starving Harvey said: “We didn’t win Oscars with ‘The Butler,’ but we did win the Bank of America Award.”

Edited by Rogerdodger, 09 March 2014 - 11:20 AM.

[AChartist]

The whole thing is going down real fast now. Sure it's they want to bring their solution. No one of education and experience will engage in these entrapments and fraud, and rogue agencies. Sure the cult cycled through a long time figuring on new de-educated generations coming up with new victims, the latest are already taken down ( tuition and unemployment ) and have learned alot from watching their parents harvested by marxists. There might have been a time when the old guard was just greedy and warlike but knew the snake should not eat it's own tail. Now it's just vampire squid cannibals in the beltway. The jig is up, but people will need some form of self sustainability to bridge over. Very critical days here, one year, one and one half, it goes fast, that much time to make any forms of isolation from the matrix.

[Rogerdodger]

NJ Property-Tax Bills Hit New Record...

NJ Leads The Nation In Residents Moving Out

Rutgers economist James Hughes says, “People are leaving because New Jersey is a very expensive place to live. We have high taxes and we have high housing costs per se – you can cash out on your very expensive house in New Jersey and move to a much more affordable state, and purchase an equivalent house at maybe half the price – half the taxes – and live quite well.”

The top-five outbound states for 2012 were:
New Jersey
Illinois
West Virginia
New York
New Mexico

Edited by Rogerdodger, 13 March 2014 - 09:11 PM.

[Rogerdodger]

The Laffer curve is on full display in NJ. Notice in real time what happens when you get a tax rate over 30%.
It's a LAFF that publicly educated people still vote for populism, in spite of it's punitive damaging reality:



New Jersey residents fleeing high tax burdens...
The study shows the state has been steadily losing high-net-worth residents since 2004, when Democratic Gov. Jim McGreevey signed the millionaire’s tax into law.
The law raised the state income tax 41 percent on those earning $500,000 or more a year.
(Maybe they should go for 50%) LOL!

“The inception of this tax, coupled with New Jersey’s already high property and estate taxes, leaves no mystery about why the term ‘tax migration’ has become a buzzword among state residents and financial, legal, and political professionals,” the study, conducted by Regent states.
The wealthy aren’t the only ones being asked to pony up. This week Democratic State Sen. Ray Lesniak proposed a 5-cent per gallon gas tax!!!

The study stated it “intentionally” held its results “as 2014 is not an election year for state legislators” and it will “hopefully encourage a serious and objective dialogue aimed at addressing and solving the challenges that New Jersey currently faces.”

Such tax hikes are driving residents to states with lower tax rates: In 2010 alone, New Jersey lost taxable income of $5.5 billion because residents changed their state of domicile.

Definition of INSANITY!

Edited by Rogerdodger, 19 March 2014 - 09:07 AM.

[diogenes227]

NJ Property-Tax Bills Hit New Record...

NJ Leads The Nation In Residents Moving Out

Rutgers economist James Hughes says, “People are leaving because New Jersey is a very expensive place to live. We have high taxes and we have high housing costs per se – you can cash out on your very expensive house in New Jersey and move to a much more affordable state, and purchase an equivalent house at maybe half the price – half the taxes – and live quite well.”

The top-five outbound states for 2012 were:
New Jersey
Illinois
West Virginia
New York
New Mexico

How did they get out through the former Presidential hopeful's traffic jam at the bridge?

[Rogerdodger]

The black market is big business in Venezuela as it's economy collapses.
Gaining in the US under command-and-control governments for those who can't leave the state.

Illinois to Follow California's Lead with 'Millionaire Tax'...
Huge boom in cigarette smuggling...

REPORT: Over half cigs sold in NY from black market...

Edited by Rogerdodger, 21 March 2014 - 09:45 AM.

[Rogerdodger]

WALGREENS urged to leave USA for tax cut...
Investor group lobbies for shift to Europe...

At a private meeting in Paris on Friday, investors owning close to 5 per cent of Walgreens’ shares lobbied the company’s management to use its $16bn takeover of Swiss-based Alliance Boots to re-domicile its tax base.
The move, known as an inversion, would dramatically reduce Walgreens’ taxable income in the US, which has among the highest corporate tax rates in the world.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 13 April 2014 - 06:23 PM.