Yet another nail in the coffin for the absurd argument that protecting marriage is somehow bad for business, via The Blaze:
Using 51 metrics of competitiveness developed with input from business groups including the National Association of Manufacturers and the Council on Competitiveness, CNBC ranked each of the 50 states according to how open they are to business.
They are:
10. Wyoming
9. Georgia
8. Colorado
7. South Dakota
6. Nebraska
5. North Dakota
4. North Carolina
3. Virginia
2. Utah
1. Texas
Pro-Marriage = Pro-Business!
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I don't see how this article has anything to do with the marriage debate. The metrics have nothing to do with marriage. Correlation does not imply causation.
The opposition shrieks that marriage amendments are bad for business.
Quite the contrary. True marriage is the best for business.
“metrics”, “correlation”, “causation”... Now where did I put my dictionary again?
Another beautiful thing about the man-woman union, is that you don't have to be literate to understand, in complete clarity, how it is different from the woman-woman union. And that even debating the subject is already one step toward... let me see if I can find an eloquent word to place here... for “insanity” sounds too mundane.
Interestingly enough, all ten of these states are welfare states, collecting more in federal spending than they contribute in taxes.
The opposition shrieks that marriage amendments are bad for business.
Quite the contrary. True marriage is the best for business.
The reason why marriage amendments are good for business is because forced phony marriage actually adds to the cost of business. These people live very unhealthy lives that drives up health care costs.
So explain to me, how is the increased costs for health care and insurance good for business?
Jon, the point of the data is to refute the claim made by proponents of same-sex marriage that marriage amendments harm a state's ability to compete and attract businesses. The data presented here (and elsewhere) clearly accomplishes that goal.
Good to hear!
One thing that's worth pointing out is that those are the same states, including Nevada, Arizona and Oregon, that California businesses are fleeing to.
But North Carolina was on this list before it had a marriage amendment..... odd if the sole reason apparently for their economic success is a marriage amendment.
Does anyone, on either side of this debate, really believe that there is a correlation here?
And where is Florida on that list?
Interesting, I am from Wyoming. I moved to MN 6 years ago. Wyoming has no Marriage Amendment. Wyoming may have nice business laws, however, there is not a very strong population to support a strong economic structure. In fact. most residents in Wyoming live in poverty. So WY being on the top of the list is rather humorous. I Love my native state, but it is NOT a great place to be a business owner. Unless your business is oil or coal.
" I Love my native state, but it is NOT a great place to be a business owner. Unless your business is oil or coal."
I guess you're not a ski enthusiast
Texas had the honor of #1 status but your home state does score low on economy :
Cost of Business: 10
Cost of Living: 27
Economy: 1
Economy was evaluated as: "A solid economy is good for business. So is a diverse economy, with access to the biggest players in a variety of industries.”
Had a dyslexic moment lol, read it as 1 when it was 10. Ah well.
But North Carolina was on this list before it had a marriage amendment
But before the marriage amendment, marriage was between a man and a woman. The amendment did not change existing law. It was necessary to prevent activist judges or bribed legislatures from redefining it.
Competivtiveness and success are two different things. Who wants to move to Wyoming? Who wants to move to the high-tech areas around SF and Boston?
Certain states are successful despite the business climate due to presence of high tech or other sector clusters.
Not many of the top ten list above appear in top ten GDP per head. This kind of thing makes NOM look amateurish.
Californias pre-eminence economically has much to do with climate and its openness to those fleeing the stifling social mores of the interior.
(Please, not everything is B&W - this is just an example. These things take decades to play out).
Paul Mc, jifferish,,,
@Paul
I'll concede your points, but please do NOT try to defend California. I live here and I have to tell you, apart from the weather this is about the worst place to live. The taxes are outrageous, the laws are crippling, and the takers almost outnumber the makers.
You want a state that is a model for failure? Look at California.
It use be the place where everyone came to get rich, now it's the place where everyone is leaving just to feed their families.
Eric, lots of people who support same-sex marriage *have,* in fact, been claiming that a marriage amendment in a particular state harms that state's ability to attract businesses. This was a very conspicuous feature of the North Carolina campaign, and Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island cited it as the reason he thought same-sex marriage should be legalized there.
Did CNBC put any weight on their rankings based on Marriage amendments? I think not. What a joke.
You people are funny the way you can twist anything and make it about protecting marriage.
I'm bummed. Ohio is not on the list. I thought we had a pretty strong DOMA in our state constitution.