In all the standard of living indexes Texas ranks at or near the bottom. If a business thinks that there is a benefit to relocating to a low tax/high fee state with a uneducated unhealthy workforce and a polluted landscape let them have fun.
I’m typically pretty good with finding data online, but the majority of articles I find looking up “standard of living” kicks back to “cost of living,” which has tons of reports. They are very different issues, especially since standard of living is a broader category and would include cost of living as a factor. Also, cost of living is pretty much a hard data analysis while standard of living is more subjective.
Dr. C,You just can’t help yourself to throw out these little baited teasers can you?Of course I launched myself on trying to make a short list of components and there is no way that could happen So of course I found an economic web site (Investopedia) and an article by Amy Fontinelle that presented it much more succinctly than i was capable of.
The difficulty is they overlap each other with objective standard of living issues (income, workers rights, availability of housing) and subjective quality of life issues (civil rights issues and freedoms, freedom of religion, freedom of speech). For the sake of brevity and clarity I think the article illustrates it much better than I can.
The Toon captures only part of the picture. Count the number of businesses that have left Calif. in the last 10 years. Texas is just now competing for ‘destination’. Calif used to have an envied economy. It is too bad nuts, fruits, and politics has driven ‘common sense’ out of the region.
Texas certainly is big on tall tales. I lived there for 12 years and came back to San Diego as quickly as I could. Never got used to the heat and humidity. Stopped trying to reason with folks who are still fighting the civil war. Thankfully stopped worrying about friends of color trying to drive unharrassed through small towns to visit me. Austin is a refreshing little Mecca of pretty hills and forward thinking, but that’s it. There are some other places of natural beauty; East Texas is lovely, as are the nature peserves near the coast.
As far as the “Texas Miracle” goes, most of the “jobs” moving there are low wage. My nephew worked two 25 hour jobs ( the employers not wanting to provide benefits). Even with those hours, he still qualified for Medicaid! And with huge budget deficits, unwillingness to raise taxes, therefore cutting services, you can bet the Medicaid healthcare wasn’t that great.
Jeff, when you say that you’ll be paying 60% on 1 million revenue, is that your personal tax bill or profit from your business? Seems like Phil Michelson made that same mistake. Strange that a savvy business owner would do the same. Or did you get your figures from a radio show?
Somehow it’s hard to generate a lot of sympathy for your situation.
Ironic that when Eisenhower was Prez, the wealthy paid far more in taxes than they do now. We had better infrastructure then.
But by all means, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
thegreatack about 11 years ago
Texas Job Rustlers.
jimguess about 11 years ago
Amazing! The comments again are from CLUELESS people!
Sure, Texas is inviting … but because they don’t have an income tax and the business tax is the lowest in the nation.
Not like California, which RAISED taxes on businesses … again …
I live in Oklahoma. There are four families that moved here from California, just to my neighborhood, to escape the high taxes.
Peabody-Martini about 11 years ago
In all the standard of living indexes Texas ranks at or near the bottom. If a business thinks that there is a benefit to relocating to a low tax/high fee state with a uneducated unhealthy workforce and a polluted landscape let them have fun.
Mickey 13 about 11 years ago
I’m typically pretty good with finding data online, but the majority of articles I find looking up “standard of living” kicks back to “cost of living,” which has tons of reports. They are very different issues, especially since standard of living is a broader category and would include cost of living as a factor. Also, cost of living is pretty much a hard data analysis while standard of living is more subjective.
Mickey 13 about 11 years ago
Dr. C,You just can’t help yourself to throw out these little baited teasers can you?Of course I launched myself on trying to make a short list of components and there is no way that could happen So of course I found an economic web site (Investopedia) and an article by Amy Fontinelle that presented it much more succinctly than i was capable of.
The difficulty is they overlap each other with objective standard of living issues (income, workers rights, availability of housing) and subjective quality of life issues (civil rights issues and freedoms, freedom of religion, freedom of speech). For the sake of brevity and clarity I think the article illustrates it much better than I can.
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/08/standard-of-living-quality-of-life.asp#axzz2KX0stXMD
Uncle Joe Premium Member about 11 years ago
ConserveGoof & Howgee are actively hoping for harm to come to Clark… and they wonder why people call them trolls.
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member about 11 years ago
The Toon captures only part of the picture. Count the number of businesses that have left Calif. in the last 10 years. Texas is just now competing for ‘destination’. Calif used to have an envied economy. It is too bad nuts, fruits, and politics has driven ‘common sense’ out of the region.
kamwick about 11 years ago
Texas certainly is big on tall tales. I lived there for 12 years and came back to San Diego as quickly as I could. Never got used to the heat and humidity. Stopped trying to reason with folks who are still fighting the civil war. Thankfully stopped worrying about friends of color trying to drive unharrassed through small towns to visit me. Austin is a refreshing little Mecca of pretty hills and forward thinking, but that’s it. There are some other places of natural beauty; East Texas is lovely, as are the nature peserves near the coast.
As far as the “Texas Miracle” goes, most of the “jobs” moving there are low wage. My nephew worked two 25 hour jobs ( the employers not wanting to provide benefits). Even with those hours, he still qualified for Medicaid! And with huge budget deficits, unwillingness to raise taxes, therefore cutting services, you can bet the Medicaid healthcare wasn’t that great.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/opinion/07krugman.html?_r=0
No thanks, I’m enjoying things quite nicely here, Mr. Breen.
kamwick about 11 years ago
Jeff, when you say that you’ll be paying 60% on 1 million revenue, is that your personal tax bill or profit from your business? Seems like Phil Michelson made that same mistake. Strange that a savvy business owner would do the same. Or did you get your figures from a radio show?
Somehow it’s hard to generate a lot of sympathy for your situation.
Ironic that when Eisenhower was Prez, the wealthy paid far more in taxes than they do now. We had better infrastructure then.
But by all means, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.