Conservative States Flourish As Liberal States In Deep Recession // Mr. Conservative

Conservative States Flourish As Liberal States In Deep Recession

Conservative States Flourish As Liberal States In Deep Recession

AUTHOR Kristin Tate

May 23, 2013 4:28pm PST

Here are the best US states in terms of jobs and economic growth in the last decade: Texas, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, Idaho, Arizona, Alaska, Montana, and Washington.
What do most of these states have in common? Why, they’re all Republican states (with the exceptions Nevada and Washington). Now, here are the worst US states in terms of jobs and economic growth in the last decade: Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey, Illinois, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, California, Missouri, and Wisconsin.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to find the common thread: those ten are Democrat states (with the exceptions of Missouri and Ohio).
So, conservative states have more job growth than liberal ones. Big surprise… Not!
Texas in particular greatly outperformed every other US state on jobs and growth over the last ten years, according to the new report by the American Legislative Exchange Council. Michigan came in dead last. The obvious difference between the two states? Texas is a very conservative state while Michigan is sickeningly liberal.
Furthermore, the data from this report shows that overall, Republican states greatly outperformed Democrat ones on jobs and economic growth. As a result, many people have recently flocked to red states. The rankings were based on many public policies like tax rates, worker compensation costs, minimum wage rules, union laws, government jobs, and debt. ”States with lower taxes and less regulation outperform those that pursue Keynesian-style public policies,” Jonathan Williams, who is a co-author of the study and director of ALEC’s Center for State Fiscal Reform.

President Obama frequently said on the campaign trail that lowering taxes and reducing regulations would improve growth and prosperity. This new study completely debunks such statements, by finding the states with lower taxes and less regulations generally outperformed those with high taxes and heavy regulation.
Unfortunately, most liberals will look at this new data and not connect the dots — they refuse to acknowledge that their wasteful fiscal policies and overregulation hinder economic growth and job creation. Obama (according to his budget plan) would add over $335 billion in federal spending over four years and raise taxes by nearly $1 trillion during the next decade. Not to mention, the president has pursued countless regulations in the private and public sector (Wall Street and health care to name a couple).
Good grief. Will liberals ever wake up and acknowledge this evidence?