Category: Business

Ex-Californians Like Texas

Ex-Californians Like Texas  — In the last five years, 150,000 Californians have moved to Texas.  Of course, a lot more Mexicans than that have moved to California some wag might note. Still, Texas has gained 400,000 jobs while California has lost 640,000, and the Lone Star State was responsible for 47 percent of national job growth.

By the way, Louisiana, which despite having had a conservative reputation was in the Democratic pocket at the state-level until Katrina, has since the hurricane and the ensuing fiscal conservative Republican — note the fiscal conservative part, Gov. Corbett — takeover has dropped from 47th to 13th in the Chief Executive rankings as to best states in which to do business.

For the record, Pennsylvania ranks 43rd on the list. Hey, look at the bright side: it beats New Jersey (45th) and New York (49th)

Hat tip Chuck Martini

 

Ex-Californians Like Texas

U-Haul Poll 2013 Shows California Exodus

U-Haul Poll 2013 Shows California Exodus — Someone researched the fees for U-Haul rentals from California and New Jersey to Texas and vice versa and found they were much more expensive for Cali and Joisey outbounds than those leaving Texas. This indicates a much higher demand for those wanting to leave California and New Jersey.

It is almost like the exodus to Colorado depicted in Atlas Shrugged.  What plans does one think our National Legislature and our Head of State have to do to stop it?

The research can be found in this youtube video.

 

U-Haul Poll 2013 Shows California Exodus

Less Newspaper Advertising Say Marketing Pros

Less Newspaper Advertising Say Marketing Pros — A third of marketing professionals except to focus even more away from newspapers reports eMarketer.com

The information comes from a poll by Inavero for the staffing firm Aquent and the American Marketing Association.

Meanwhile, over 70 percent of them expect to increase their focus on mobile media, social media, marketing automation and social networking sites.

Oh, and 63 percent expect to look harder at blogs.

The tree-killers, however, can still expect to count on $70 million in subsidies from the State of Pennsylvania, which to some degree accounts for their willingness to be big government lapdogs.

 

Less Newspaper Advertising Say Marketing Pros

Less Newspaper Advertising Say Marketing Pros

Future Is United States Says Apple

Future Is United States? — “Foxconn City” the factory complex in Shenzhen, China famous for producing Apple products employs, by some estimates, up to 450,000 persons.

Apple is preparing to invest $100 million in a U.S. factory which will be primarily operated by robots.

No people means no health care cost and no unions, one observes.

Future Is United States?

Amtrak loses $1 billion per year

Amtrak loses $1 billion per year.

And this is despite the fact the riders have increased from 21.8 million annually to 30 million over the last decade. A thank you letter to the TSA is warranted.
 
What many liberals don’t get is that money isn’t a magic solution to all problems but a mere communications tool. Yes, if Amtrak was run for a profit the Sunset Limited from LA to New Orleans would disappear. On the other hand, prices would drop for those going from Boston to D.C. and points in between and travelers would be confident of getting a seat. Maybe even the station in Chester would reopen.
 
And taxpayers would have more money to spend on things they actually want. such as buying a motorcycle and riding that from LA to the Big Easy. Pretend you’re Peter Fonda.
 
By the way, the tracks between LA and New Orleans wouldn’t be mothballed. They’d be leased to one of our privately owned freight lines which are the most cost effective in the world. Remember environmentalists, it is a lot better for the planet for a person to travel by motorcycle and let 5,000 refrigerators travel by rail.  
 
 
Amtrak loses $1 billion per year

Hipsters, Reality And Social Justice

For you hipsters out there proclaiming social justice tweet this on your iPad: A riot involving 2,000 persons occurred, Sept 23, at the Chinese Foxconn plant that makes Apple’s flagship products. Hipsters, Reality And Social Justice

Foxconn said it was a mere “personal dispute”.

Internet reports say that the “personal dispute” involved security guards beating some Foxconn workers at an employee dorm.
But everything’s cool in Obama World. The plant opened the next day.
Hipsters, Reality And Social Justice

Chick-A-Boom-Fil-A in Springfield

Gene Ontjes, the manager at the Chick-fil-A in Springfield Park at Baltimore Pike and Woodland Avenue, Springfield, Pa., happily directs the overwhelming traffic at the drive-through about 12:30 p.m., today, Aug. 1. Chick-A-Boom-Fil-A
The place was packed with a racially mixed crowd of moms, store clerks and contractors. All tables were filled and the lunch line went from the counter to the entrance. Well it was Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day after all. The national event was declared after the popular, high-quality chain came under fire from activists and Democrat politicians because its Chief Operating Officer Dan Cathy, who is the son of  founder S. Truett Cathy, expressing disapproval of gay marriage.
Many said they were specifically patronizing the store that day to show solidarity with Cathy. One suspects that if it is the first time they’ve been there they will be back. The regulars expressed bemused tolerance of the extra-long lines adding their support.
 Chick-A-Boom-Fil-A

The 1 Percent Are Democrats

So who is this 1 percent?

According to Bloomberg, the big dogs in the group are entertainment executives who easily eclipse the Wall Street guys.
The top three entertainment barons are Les Moonves, the CEO of CBS Corp.  who got $69.9 million in 2011; David Zaslav of Discovery Communications Inc. who got $52.4 million, and Philippe Dauman at Viacom Inc. who paid $43 million.
Compare that to the top-paid on Wall Street:  Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan Chase & Co, $23 million;. John Stumpf of Wells Fargo & Co., $17.9 million; and Lloyd Blankfein at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.;  $16.2 million.
Even  Brian Roberts and Steve Burke of Philadelphia’s own Comcast would have headed that class with pay  of $27 million and $24 million, respectively, despite pay cuts of 13 percent and 32 percent, respectively  from 2010.
You know just about all these guys were Obama supporters in ’08, right?
The 1 Percent Are Democrats
The 1 Percent Are Democrats

Small Business Not Hiring

Small Business Not Hiring — Continuing to do the jobs that the official Bureau of Labor Statistics seem unwilling to take on, Gallup is reporting that 85 percent of small business owners are not hiring workers.

About half of those not hiring said the reasons are concern about future health cost and government regulations.

About a quarter said they weren’t sure they’d still be in business in 12 months.

Small Business Not Hiring