The Texas / California smack down continues.
This from the Sacramento Bee:
Yes, come check out Texas. Check out a state that ranks dead last in
the percent of its population with high school diplomas. Come check out a
state that is last in mental health expenditures and workers'
compensation coverage. Come check out a state that ranks first in the
number of executions, first in the number of uninsured, first in the
amount of carbon dioxide emitted and first in the amount of toxic chemicals released into water.
Texas certainly has some attractions for business, and California
certainly needs to work harder to create a friendly place to start
companies and grow jobs. But California is creating businesses all the
time, partly because of our natural assets – great weather and stunning
mountains, beaches and deserts – and an excellent although underfunded
system of higher education.
If we invest in that system and protect our environment, our state will continue to create companies such as Apple, Google, Hewlett Packard, Oracle, Craigslist, Yelp, Twitter, Sun Microsystems, Genentech, Cisco, Intel and Qualcomm, and the list goes on and on.
The ball is back in our court - let's see who steps up.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/06/5168690/pity-rick-perry-his-big-state.html#storylink=cpy
