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Under Ricketts’ leadership, Nebraska has made giant strides in removing barriers to work and entrepreneurship. He’s made it easier for more people to find jobs, and he’s made it easier for businesses to create lots of good jobs. The results have been undeniable – Forbes recently ranked the state as the fourth-best place to do business.
Under Ricketts’ leadership, Nebraska has made giant strides in removing barriers to work and entrepreneurship. He’s made it easier for more people to find jobs, and he’s made it easier for businesses to create lots of good jobs. The results have been undeniable – Forbes recently ranked the state as the fourth-best place to do business.
Nebradka hadn't had a democratic governor since 1998.
So if Pete Richetts had to make reforms, they were most likely because his Republican predecessors made mistakes in ideology that caused him to.
As for Dem plantation argument. If we are just looking at letters beside the name. North Carolina is #1 and has been under Dem control far more than Republican control.
Never mind the fact that the list isn't based on jobs created, but rather business laws/rules, it doesn't take into account whether it actually translates to jobs.
Under Ricketts’ leadership, Nebraska has made giant strides in removing barriers to work and entrepreneurship. He’s made it easier for more people to find jobs, and he’s made it easier for businesses to create lots of good jobs. The results have been undeniable – Forbes recently ranked the state as the fourth-best place to do business.
Tarren Bragdon is the president and CEO of the Foundation for Government Accountability.
So I wasn't too impressed with the article. The first half of it is vague puffery. It is sprinkled with non-statements like this :
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In addition, the state has considered other measures that would make Nebraska more competitive for workers and businesses alike by reducing red tape surrounding work.
Oh, ok. "Other measures" that "cut red tape." I feel so informed now.
The primary thing-of-value I could find in the article was this, which is something I agree with already :
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The governor and the Nebraska Legislature have also tackled barriers to work created by occupational licensing. Nearly 25 percent of Nebraskans need the government’s permission to do their jobs – from barbers to nurses. Ricketts saw another way that provides a pathway to work, not a roadblock.
Overall I saw nothing that would justify this as a factual or otherwise intelligent statement :
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Originally Posted by phma
Maybe there is a better model than the Dems plantation model which has a focus on paying people not to work.
Don't get me wrong, that is good news that Nebraska is doing well. But what might be working for a small state with a mostly rural population might not work for larger states with enormous metropolitan areas.
Don't get me wrong, that is good news that Nebraska is doing well. But what might be working for a small state with a mostly rural population might not work for larger states with enormous metropolitan areas.
Another fun fact.
On Saturdays when the University of Nebraska football team plays at home, the stadium itself becomes the third-largest city in Nebraska. The stadium capacity is 87,000, and the third-largest city, Bellevue, had a population of 50,137 in 2010.
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