While most states are probably neither, there are definitely business friendly states and business unfriendly states. Ohio already has a reputation as a very business unfriendly state; this will just make it worse.
All we see on the news here in Dayton is the story of another manufacturing firm closing. How are we going to recruit companies into the state with the prospect that the population will pass laws like this? There are already enough burdens on business, we don't need more.
An example, Ohio has one of the most convoluted tax codes in the nation. Not only are there state taxes, there are taxes for cities you work in, cities you live in and the same for school districts. We employ only about 25 people in Ohio but file over fifty tax forms every month. Is that right? We certainly don’t have to contend with that anywhere else we do business.
It is pretty simple, everything else being equal (and it almost always is), businesses will go where there is less regulation not more. And when businesses goes there, the people follow.
This is just another nail in the coffin for Ohio and I fear one of many to follow.
Sick leave law would kill Ohio
While most states are probably neither, there are definitely business friendly states and business unfriendly states. Ohio already has a reputation as a very business unfriendly state; this will just make it worse.
All we see on the news here in Dayton is the story of another manufacturing firm closing. How are we going to recruit companies into the state with the prospect that the population will pass laws like this? There are already enough burdens on business, we don't need more.
An example, Ohio has one of the most convoluted tax codes in the nation. Not only are there state taxes, there are taxes for cities you work in, cities you live in and the same for school districts. We employ only about 25 people in Ohio but file over fifty tax forms every month. Is that right? We certainly don’t have to contend with that anywhere else we do business.
It is pretty simple, everything else being equal (and it almost always is), businesses will go where there is less regulation not more. And when businesses goes there, the people follow.
This is just another nail in the coffin for Ohio and I fear one of many to follow.
Very sad.
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