First Slice 6/26/14: CNBC ranks Georgia top state for business, education and quality of life trail far behind
Georgia is tops for taking care of BUSINESS, anything else, not so much.
Gov. Deal’s office was probably blasting BTO yesterday as CNBC ranked Georgia as the top state for business in the nation. Before we start poppin’ bottles, the same study ranked the Peach State 32 in the areas of education and quality of life. According to Wesley Tharpe of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, the top ranking should be considered in a larger context. “It’s looking at a very narrow question of is Georgia a good place for large corporations and CEOs to maximize their bottom line, but it’s not asking questions like is the economy working for everyone, is prosperity broadly shared, and because it doesn’t ask those questions, I think means very little for workers and families trying to make a living in Georgia.”
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