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re: Smoothie King announces its moving HQ from Louisiana to Dallas, Texas
Posted on 4/24/18 at 5:57 pm to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 4/24/18 at 5:57 pm to LSUFanHouston
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People want to move to North Dallas. It's weird to me as well, but true.
It's weird that people want to move to an area of educated professionals, competent government, reasonable taxation, and basically no crime?
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Posted on 4/24/18 at 5:59 pm to NIH
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Companies have been leaving Louisiana for decades. I doubt JBE was the only factor in their decision.
There you go again.
Always saying Louisiana has always been shitty and JBE isn't hurting much.
It's like saying that your dad has always been a drunk, one more drink isn't gonna hurt.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 5:59 pm to Antonio Moss
quote:that's not weird, but acting like North Dallas is the only place like that is
It's weird that people want to move to an area of educated professionals, competent government, reasonable taxation, and basically no crime?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 5:59 pm to chalmetteowl
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What does Dallas have that St. Tammany for example doesn't?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:01 pm to chalmetteowl
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I hate that money nowadays overrules staying committed to where you're from
What about your hometown's commitment to its people to create a vibrant business culture? Why is it always successful people who have an obligation to a dysfunctional society?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:01 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
Louisiana is an irredeemable shithole.
But it's OUR irredeemable shithole gawd dammit!
But it's OUR irredeemable shithole gawd dammit!
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:01 pm to Sentrius
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Always saying Louisiana has always been shitty and JBE isn't hurting much.
I said the former, not the latter. The main reasons companies leave - ie. the workforce, tax structure, infrastructure, schools, etc. have nothing to do with JBE. Jindal didn't raise taxes and paid companies to move here and the business climate didn't really change.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:02 pm to chalmetteowl
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What does Dallas have that St. Tammany for example doesn't?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:02 pm to TH03
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This post was edited on 4/24/18 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:02 pm to Kino74
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When Todd Graves put a second HQ in Dallas, one thing he commented on was Louisiana lacks the personnel necessary to run a large corporation. And let's face it, we have exported our best and brightest to states like Texas that offers better opportunity and gives that state the ability to groom and produce people that can run a large corporation.
This is true but as noted above your post Dallas is the place to be for upstart franchises. They just have built the business there over the last 30 years.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:04 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
The first step in being the shite is believing you're the shite...
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:05 pm to chalmetteowl
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that's not weird, but acting like North Dallas is the only place like that is
It's not. There are many places like that... and none of them are in Louisiana.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:07 pm to chalmetteowl
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The first step in being the shite is being the shite..
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:07 pm to chalmetteowl
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The first step in being the shite is not being corrupt and not catering to your worthless underclass.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:12 pm to Antonio Moss
even if Louisiana decided to just stop catering to the underclass, there is still a lack of sizeable middle to upper middle class to help carry the state.
The culture of the state just generally doesn't seem to care about education or social mobility. It cares about eating crawfish, drinking, and having a good time
The culture of the state just generally doesn't seem to care about education or social mobility. It cares about eating crawfish, drinking, and having a good time
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:17 pm to NIH
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The main reasons companies leave - ie. the workforce, tax structure, infrastructure, schools,
I agree.
That doesn't mean you should think that JBE is helping.
If anything, he's only encouraging more of this bullshite by putting out red tape out of the arse that kills jobs, constantly attacking the largest private employer in the state with frivolous lawsuits, and taxing the shite out of the middle class and the private sector with nothing to show for it besides more people on the dole getting free government bullshite.
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Jindal didn't raise taxes and paid companies to move here and the business climate didn't really change.
Jindal may have been content to stick with the status quo like the fraud he was but at least he treated the private sector like a real partner to help grow the middle class in the state.
Not a piggy bank to rob blind to pay off your base of voters like JBE has been doing.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:18 pm to Pilot Tiger
Huey Long's anti-wealth, anti-education impact still lingers on the Louisiana population.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:20 pm to Sentrius
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If anything, he's only encouraging more of this bullshite by putting out red tape out of the arse that kills jobs, constantly attacking the largest private employer in the state with frivolous lawsuits, and taxing the shite out of the middle class and the private sector with nothing to show for it besides more people on the dole getting free government bullshite.
What taxes are you talking about? And IIRC, not one company has cited those lawsuits as a reason for moving.
I didn't say JBE is helping but it is certainly lazy to assert that he's completely the reason for why Louisiana is in the shape it is in. There are plenty of thriving cities and states that have liberal leadership. Now, why is that?
Acting as if electing Republicans, especially the lot that exist in Louisiana, will suddenly turn this state into some kind of business powerhouse is laughable.
This post was edited on 4/24/18 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:24 pm to NIH
Louisiana was AWESOME under the great Republican Jindal and ONLY started to go to shite with the LIBERAL JBE went in office
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:26 pm to Pilot Tiger
As if everything was that simple
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