If California is Such a Hostile Business Climate, Why is it Kicking Everyone Else’s Ass (like Texas)

By Kos / Daily Kos You hear conservatives tell it, the key to a job-creating positive business environment is … drum roll … low taxes! So the conservative Tax Foundation will rank the best and worst business climate states: California and New York are ranked way low (48 and 49, respectively), with New Jersey coming in last at 50. And on the “positive” side, you have Wyoming leading the pack, with Texas at #10. CNBC has its own rankings, with Texas at #2, and California down at #27 and New York at #36. (These rankings, for example, favor right-to-work anti-union states.) And how about crazy-ass ALEC?   [Read more...]