Comments on: How About If I Just Post This Without Comment?

By: TBlumer

TBlumer — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:53:08 +0000

#10, Bush’s tax cuts are the only reason OH’s GDP is positive. Nice try, though.

By: save_the_rustbelt

save_the_rustbelt — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:50:18 +0000

The bitter harvest of the Bush/Taft junta.

Bush has given us nothing but slogans - maybe we should change our name from Ohio to Iraq.

By: TBlumer

TBlumer — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:59:35 +0000

#8, I think they are able to track commerce by state regardless of where HQ is located. It must be an awesome process.

By: Kevin Irwin

Kevin Irwin — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:53:11 +0000

If anything, you’ll see the oil companies represented as part of Texas’ GSP.

The area between Providence and Boston is actually pretty heavily settled now. We kept all the industry on the north shore, and left the south shore for lawns and cul-de-sacs.

By: TBlumer

TBlumer — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:02:44 +0000

#6, I have theories on that, but really can’t comment knowledgeably.

By: Jason Sonenshein

Jason Sonenshein — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:45:46 +0000

It’s surprising that Alaska is in the bottom quintile, considerig the “windfall oil profits” that everyone keeps yammering about.

By: TBlumer

TBlumer — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:54:46 +0000

#4 that’s why I didn’t ID the area between Worcester and Boston, just the two Providential parts of the triangle.

As to desirability, since you mentioned it, why is MA’s population declining? it couldn’t be because NH is more “desirable,” could it?

By: Kevin Irwin

Kevin Irwin — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:44:29 +0000

The cost of living is so high here because it is among the most desireable places to live in the US.

Plus, the land between Worcester and Boston is reserved for golf courses.

By: TBlumer

TBlumer — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:13:59 +0000

#1, Plenty of “smaht” people work in mfg, and the demands for smahts are increasing.

#2, Points well taken, but whose fault is it that the cost of doing biz is so high and difficult? As to land, maybe it’s because I’m usually driving at might, but there seems to be a lot of undeveloped real estate between Providence and Worcester, and Providence and Baastin.

By: Kevin Irwin

Kevin Irwin — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:07:27 +0000

Will only takes tax policy into consideration, when he should also consider cost of living and cost of doing business. Those are the significant hurdles that businesses encounter when doing business in Massachusetts. Notice that there is a higher level of GSP in states which have massive plots of empty (cheap) land? That’s no coincidence.

By: Kevin Irwin

Kevin Irwin — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:57:22 +0000

Drop the focus on manufacturing and tell your kids to get “smaht”