Florida Ranked 2nd Behind Texas by CEOs

Good policy means a better life for real people.

CEOs rank my home and base of operations Florida second best in America for business; they rank Texas first (and we have companies there too). Meanwhile, people who thought they’d never leave California are fleeing. There’s a reason.

Good policy means a better life for real people. Bad policy makes life more difficult for real people, especially real middle class and poor people who cannot afford the lawyers and accountants necessary to get out of the way. Lower taxes mean that you get to spend more of your earnings the way you need or want: for the entrepreneur that may mean capital formation, but for the people he’s trying to hire, it means having a job (or not) and supporting your family (or not).

When the government decides how to spend your paycheck, it reduces opportunities for a better life. Our friends in California are learning this, painfully. We in Florida learned this long ago from our neighbors, so many of whom used to live in Cuba. The difference is only a matter of degree…