Whitman continued the zombie lie that California loses tons of jobs to other states because of taxes and regulations. So, Meg, why didn’t you move eBay to Texas? And where are the jobs you and your other buddy Perry insisted were coming to “low tax, low-regulation” Texas? No one around here is hiring? Care to show me who has come here and who is hiring? (We sure could use a little revenue to plug up our own $18-21 billion deficit.)
can talk about is the “whore” comment, and how the audience booed Brown’s initial response.
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It really annoyed me at first. I’ve seen him do this before and it worried me that he just wasn’t “media-savvy” enough to run a modern campaign.
Then I realized that the audience was becoming more expressive in his favor, and those of us watching at home were hearing this. Toward the end of the debate, all that eye contact with the audience paid off for him handsomely. That’s what I call political skill.
The reason Texas has no income tax is because of its oil taxes. It subsidizes other industries at the expense of the oil industry, who doesn’t have a choice and who simply passes the cost on to consumers. The Economist finds this tremendously laudable and it is indeed an economic advantage to the Lone Star state. So, if you have a business that hires people without children (the educational system is not exactly great in Texas), don’t mind serious pollution, and want lower taxes, locate there.
What does all this have to do with California? Nothing. Somebody should point out that the comparisons with Texas are absurd. It would make a good ad.
If rich people are really so great at creating jobs, then why didn’t eMeg use some of her own wealth to create jobs? Some of that $140+ million could have been put to better use making jobs that we could use, in California or Texas or elsewhere.
Whitman continued the zombie lie that California loses tons of jobs to other states because of taxes and regulations. So, Meg, why didn’t you move eBay to Texas? And where are the jobs you and your other buddy Perry insisted were coming to “low tax, low-regulation” Texas? No one around here is hiring? Care to show me who has come here and who is hiring? (We sure could use a little revenue to plug up our own $18-21 billion deficit.)
can talk about is the “whore” comment, and how the audience booed Brown’s initial response.
😐
It really annoyed me at first. I’ve seen him do this before and it worried me that he just wasn’t “media-savvy” enough to run a modern campaign.
Then I realized that the audience was becoming more expressive in his favor, and those of us watching at home were hearing this. Toward the end of the debate, all that eye contact with the audience paid off for him handsomely. That’s what I call political skill.
The reason Texas has no income tax is because of its oil taxes. It subsidizes other industries at the expense of the oil industry, who doesn’t have a choice and who simply passes the cost on to consumers. The Economist finds this tremendously laudable and it is indeed an economic advantage to the Lone Star state. So, if you have a business that hires people without children (the educational system is not exactly great in Texas), don’t mind serious pollution, and want lower taxes, locate there.
What does all this have to do with California? Nothing. Somebody should point out that the comparisons with Texas are absurd. It would make a good ad.
If rich people are really so great at creating jobs, then why didn’t eMeg use some of her own wealth to create jobs? Some of that $140+ million could have been put to better use making jobs that we could use, in California or Texas or elsewhere.