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      <title>Comments On: Haslam Talks Tennessee&apos;s &apos;Competitive Edge&apos; on CNBC
    
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    <author><![CDATA[bobsguns]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[>>Either side of the mouth, whichever way profits them the most, that is the side these right wingers are on.<<<br>
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LMAO! And liberals are pure as the driven snow, eh?
        
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      <![CDATA[And I hate that they're coming here to live in their tax free enclaves while the state's services/infrastructure/funds fall further and further behind. Did you know that Mitt Romney's father was the governor who got Michigan's first state income tax laws passed?
        
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      <![CDATA["If you liberals hate TN so GD much, then WHY don't you move?"<br>
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I love Tennessee. I was born in the state, I earned two degrees from the state university, I own a house and belong to a chuch in Nashville, and I practice my Tennessee-licensed profession from Tri-Cities to Memphis.
        
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      <![CDATA[Tennessee is attracting jobs because we have cheap labor. Why does a company care if its employees have to pay income tax?
        
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    <author><![CDATA[bobsguns]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[If you liberals hate TN so GD much, then WHY don't you move? I hear Dee-troit has some nice property to sell these days................
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Chris Allen]]></author>
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      <![CDATA["I also believe I read recently that CA has LOST a congressional seat due to population loss, something that's not happened there but once before, if at all. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong on that, please."<br>
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That is not correct.
        
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      <![CDATA[Duh uh....these places you mention move their HEADQUARTERS to TN, you said. Not the jobs, just the headquarters.
        
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      <![CDATA[>>Tennessee doesn't even begin to compare to California in economic impact, nor amount of large, well-paying companies.<<<br>
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Chris Allen, given both the size & population differences as well as the climate year-round, of course CA is going to have more companies. Not to mention the multiple military bases there attract the defense contractors as well.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Min]]></author>
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      <![CDATA["Min, the jobs are out there. VW just added a 2nd shift, possibly a 3rd.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Chris Allen]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[And if Haslem is having to go to the media about the "benefits of having no income tax," it probably means that is not as big a deal to most companies as we are led to believe. You'd think it would just sell itself.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Chris Allen]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Tennessee doesn't even begin to compare to California in economic impact, nor amount of large, well-paying companies. They have far more skilled labor jobs also, taxes and regulations aside.
        
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      <![CDATA[Min, the jobs are out there. VW just added a 2nd shift, possibly a 3rd.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[NeverFear]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Complain if you wish, but the fact is this state certainly is on much sounder<br>
footing than it's most liberal city of Metropolitan Nashville!
        
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    <author><![CDATA[BattleCat]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Jobs are just trickling down all over us Min. Mitt only pays 14% on what income he doesn't shelter in the Cayman Islands so we can have great jobs that provide a living wage and health benefits.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[more cowbell]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Yeah, California, that place that's so bad fully 10% of our country's population lives there. The state that has one of the top 10 economies in the WORLD.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Min]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Tennessee already has one of the lowest per capita tax rates in the country. So where are all the jobs?
        
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    <author><![CDATA[davidlongfellow]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Yep, businesses would be more likely to move here if we had high taxes like California. <br>
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Oh wait, they are seeing an exodus of businesses, some of which are moving to TN.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Small "d" democrat]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Yep, in the race to the bottom, "WE'RE NO. 1!!!".
        
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