Wisonsin moves to #24 from #41 under Governor Walker

Great news . Now is no time to stop . then the rest of the USA .

"Now is no time to stop".
Stop what?

"then the rest of the USA "
Yeah we wont stop until everyone is ..... welll ...... ahhh...... what?

I crown thee King of Gibberish.

Blog topic wise, Im not surprised, as that was my main reason to support Walker. But rating as a best state to do business in, and having a sizable net influx of new business are 2 different things.

Okay, so what specifically was done since Walker took office to make Wisconsin
more attractive to businesses? Did he lower the corporate tax rate?

500 CEOs interviewed prior to Feb 1, 2011. How can you possibly place the results in the Walker camp? There had been no legislation passed that he was responsible for, no policies enacted that reflected his viewpoints. If anything, this is a validation of the policies of the previous administration's efforts to improve the business climate in WI. Which CEOs were interviewed, how many had any connection with WI? As a side note, most CEOs receive in wages, on average, 250 to 400 percent more than their employees average wage. A business climate that rewards the top echelon of a business is not necessarily the best business climate for the worker or the state as a whole.

I don't think you libs can see your own nose. But it might grow long enough where you will soon!

Why don't you ask the CEO mag and the CEO's why? Start with adding 24,000 new jobs, cutting the union hold on our government, and then working on getting us out of the near $4 trillion dollar debt your man Doyle put us in before he left.

http://www.fox6now.com/news/politics/witi-20110517-governor-jobs,0,4141602.story

Mgarber...for a person who says you are not a liberal, you sure talk and act as stubborn as one! Read some comments before you post. I usually have to ask the extremely recalcitrant libs do do that. Maybe SPelopsi is lazy?

" Why don't you ask the CEO mag and the CEO's why? Start with adding 24,000 new jobs, cutting the union hold on our government, and then working on getting us out of the near $4 trillion dollar debt your man Doyle put us in before he left."

I removed your "gibberish" because it has nothing to do with the blog post. Facts got you too??

McGarber...answer is in the above post. BTW, can't you debate the blog since I answered your "gibbersih" now 3X. Is it the fact that Walker did in less than 5 months what Doyle and the dems could not do in 8 years? Who was Gov when WI slipped to the bottom of the rung for US states?

You of all people should stop whining and enjoy the fact that WI is starting to grow and slowly move out of the disaster we were in. Regardless who is Gov.

It really makes little sense to me. The article states: "More than 500 CEOs
considered a wide range of criteria, from taxation and regulation to workforce
quality and living environment". Okay, fair enough. So, let's do some
comparisons.

If you compare #24 Wisconsin to #48 Illinois, you'll notice that not only is the
corporate tax rate lower in Illinois, the personal income tax rate is less than half
of that of Wisconsin. All of the other criteria appear to be somewhat close, with
the exception of the violent crime rate, which is two and a half times higher in
Illinois. One might be inclined to say: well, that explains why Wisconsin fares so
much better than Illinois, quality of life trumps lower tax rates. But then how does
one explain the #8 rating given to a state (SC) that has a violent crime rate 35%
higher than Illinois?

It's a head-scratcher to me...

http://chiefexecutive.net/wisconsin
http://chiefexecutive.net/illinois
http://chiefexecutive.net/south-carolina

SPelois..."It really makes little sense to me." OK. Than did it also not make "little sense" when Doyle and your democrats pushed WI into the lower percentile, cesspool for quality states to move to?

ps...you forgot , again, a very imp point (how do you do this so often? Hmmmm): sales tax!!

lol... grasping at straws bama hhmmmmm. lol....for my previous posting . mgerbar,
read the previous post and things make sense . Well. To normal people anyway .

Inasmuch as a conventional or retail sales tax is charged only on the sale of an item to its final end user, how would a high sales tax impact a business?
Lets see if you can give a straight answer without being oily.

"Than did it also not make "little sense" when Doyle and your democrats pushed WI into the lower percentile, cesspool for quality states to move to?"
Im having trouble parsing this sentence.

MGarber...first, read the mag for yourself this time. State, income, corp taxes, are all part of the reason for states to place high or low. If IL has such a low corp tax and such a great environment, then how come they are falling into the "cesspool" category? http://chiefexecutive.net/

"Than did it also not make "little sense" when Doyle and your democrats pushed WI into the lower percentile, cesspool for quality states to move to?"

That question is not that difficult. Let me make it easy for you. Wi, under Doyle, moved down to the mid 40's (that's out of 52, not 57 according to Obama). Did that make "little sense" too? You keep avoiding the obvious: Wi is moving up and quickly. Why can't you accept that and appreciate it? because it's not from the people you voted for and trusted in?

Obviously sales taxes don't factor in. But if they did, South Carolina would surely
lose its #8 ranking:

"South Carolina has a 6% state sales tax but when combined with local, county
and hospitality taxes South Carolina has a maximum sales tax of 10.5%.
In Charleston, the tax rate equals 10.5% with state tax, county tax, local option
tax, and the hospitality tax. The City of Myrtle Beach states that mixed liquor
drinks can have taxes added as high as 16.5%."

SPelosi...nice. However, don't we live in WI???

NPelosi...same Q to you: Wi, under Doyle, moved down to the mid 40's (that's out of 52, not 57 according to Obama). Did that make "little sense" too? You keep avoiding the obvious: Wi is moving up and quickly. Why can't you accept that and appreciate it? because it's not from the people you voted for and trusted in?

Two months of a new regime results in a major shift in rankings, based on what? Since you use this source as a basis for your blog, you must be privy to the facts that make this change. What are they? Or are you just regurgitating the party line?

Ref33...same Q to you: Wi, under Doyle, moved down to the mid 40's (that's out of 52, not 57 according to Obama). Did that make "little sense" too? You keep avoiding the obvious: Wi is moving up and quickly. Why can't you accept that and appreciate it? because it's not from the people you voted for and trusted in?

"Why can't you accept that and appreciate it?"

You're right. Great news . Now is no time to stop . then the rest of the USA .

Sorry Jim, a poll that ends one month after a new regime takes control doesn't have a great deal of validity.