The States of Employment Jobs flee areas where the tax policy
stinks.  By Radley Balko  Airwaves and newspapers are abuzz of
late with talk about the loss of manufacturing jobs, the off-
shoring of tech jobs, and the "outsourcing" of the American
worker. There's plenty of talk as to exactly why (and whether)
this is happening, but rarely do the pundits and commentators
look at the relationship between companies who are moving plants
overseas, and the kinds of tax and regulatory policies employed
by the states they're moving away from. As it turns out, states
with business-friendly public policies attract and retain jobs.
States with policies hostile to business tend to lose them.
The Small Business Survival Committee also puts out a report
ranking the states on business-friendly public policy. In the
SBSC report, Ohio ranks 39th, New York 45th, and California
46th. Oregon, also with one of the country's highest
unemployment rates, ranks 41st.    The Buckeye Institute, an
Ohio free-market think tank, reports