TEXAS No. 1 ~ West Virginia No. 48

The way I figure it, if Romney gets elected president, I will stay in the United States. If Bill Maloney gets elected governor, I will stay in WV.

 

 

CNBC:  America's Top States for Business 2012

 

Governor: Rick Perry (R)

Population: 25,674,681

GDP (per capita): $44, 788

Number of S&P companies: 52

Top corporate tax rate: No corporate income tax but do have a gross receipts tax with rates not strictly comparable to corporate income tax rates

Top individual tax rate: None

Gasoline taxes/fees: 20.0 cents

Bond Rating/Outlook: Aaa/Stable

Degree Granting Institutions (colleges/universities): 252

SAT scores (average): 1446/2400

 

 

 

Governor: Earl Ray Tomblin (D)

Population: 1,855,364

GDP (per capita): $30,056

Number of S&P companies: 0

Top corporate tax rate: 7.75 percent

Top individual tax rate: 6.50 percent 

Gasoline taxes/fees: 33.4 cents

Bond Rating/Outlook: Aa1/Stable

SAT scores (average): 1512/2400

Degree Granting Institutions (colleges/universities): 46

 

Sources:  Census Bureau (2011), Standard & Poor’s (2012), Tax Foundation (2012), American Petroleum Institute (2012), Bureau Labor Statistics (2011), National Center For Education Statistics (2011), Moody’s (2012), CNBC

Comments

[Joel]

It's a shame that Rick Perry was not able to gain any traction during the primaries as he has a record that all the other candidates combined can only dream about. Instead we wasted time on people such as Hermann Cain the pizza man and the has-been Newt Gingrich.

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