How Liberal Companies Are
Bringing Blue State Mindsets to Red States, by Tony
Perkins, 3/7/19.
Amazon isn’t the only one fed up with
New York’s ridiculous tax rates. Plenty of companies are packing their bags and
looking for office space in states with more business-friendly policies.
There’s just one problem: A lot of these top firms can’t stand the conservative
laws that make their new homes so successful.
Alliance Bernstein, another firm fleeing
the Empire State’s stifling economy, just announced that it’s relocating its
$70 million headquarters to Nashville. But before it moves, the CEO is warning
Tennessee: It’s not a fan of religious liberty. And Alliance Bernstein is
proving it by fighting the state’s faith-based adoption bill.
“AB chose to move to Tennessee because
we believe it is a welcoming state that is focused on growing jobs, incomes,
and the tax base,” Chief Operating Officer Jim Gingrich said in a statement. But, “the bills being debated in the
current session of the legislature send a clear message to certain
constituencies that they are not welcome. Other states have tried to pass
similar bills,” he claims, “and this has proven to be anti-growth, anti-job,
and against the interests of the citizens of those states.”
Is that so? Because the last time
financial experts checked, the most socially conservative states also happened
to be the most prosperous. For years, places like North Carolina (No. 1), Texas
(No. 3), and Georgia (No. 6) have topped Forbes’s Best States for Business list,despite high-profile campaigns for
privacy, religious liberty, and life.
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What these liberal CEOs don’t understand
is that these favorable business climates only come from conservative
legislators who understand that real freedom leads to economic growth. That’s
why these red states are so enticing to companies, because their social values
haven’t just built a foundation for workforce and family success, but thriving
corporations, too.
The left loves to throw around this
stale talking point that fighting for conservative values hurts states. Hardly!
In the aftermath of the fiercest bathroom fight ever in North Carolina, nothing
the liberals predicted came to pass. Even after a string of canceled concerts
and celebrity boycotts, the Tar Heels are thriving. More than two years
after the law, more businesses are moving to North Carolina than away from it.
“The outlook is also strong. Job growth
and gross state product growth are expected to rank among the strongest in the
country over the next five years,” Forbes points out. As for all of those people moving out
of the state because it dared to protect women and children? “The population is
growing twice as fast as the U.S. average … “
Why? Because in states where the social
structure is better, you don’t need as much government interference. There’s
less regulation, more freedom, and lower taxes in places like Tennessee (No.
13). But companies like Alliance Bernstein can’t have it both ways.
Too many of these corporate refugees are
relocating and trying to impose their extreme politics on their new homes. If
conservative states want to keep their economies competitive, they need to make
it clear. Businesses can either embrace the social structure that leads to
growth and opportunity, or they can do what most Americans would prefer—and
stay out of politics all together.
If CEOs don’t like those options, tell
them to go back to the high-regulation, high-tax states from which they come.
Originally
published in Tony Perkins’ Washington Update,
which is written with the aid of Family Research Council senior writers.
Just two short years
after the end of the Obama administration’s disastrous policies, America is
once again thriving due to conservative solutions that have produced a historic
surge in economic growth.
The Trump administration
has embraced over 60 percent of The Heritage Foundation’s policy
recommendations since his inauguration. But with the House now firmly within
the grips of the progressive left, the victories may come to a screeching halt.
Why? Because they are
determined more than ever to give the government more control over your lives.
Restoring your liberty and embracing freedom is the best thing for you and the
country.
President Donald Trump
needs all of the allies he can find to push through the stone wall he now faces
within this divided government. And the best way you can partner with him is by
becoming a member of his greatest ally in Washington: The Heritage Foundation.
Tony
Perkins is president of the Family Research
Council
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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