By Michael Snyder - BLN Contributing Writer
Today, the number of Americans who are able to financially survive without any reliance on the U.S. government whatsoever is declining at a staggering rate. Whether it is through direct handouts, entitlement programs, student loans, government bailouts, government contracts or direct employment, the truth is that now a solid majority of the American people are at least partially dependent on the federal government for their economic survival. The sad thing is that the majority of the American people say that there is too much government in their lives when opinion polls are taken, but if you try to take the government check that they are getting away from them those same people will scream bloody murder. But the truth is that it is getting to be really, really hard to be completely independent of the U.S. government economically. That is because the U.S. government has their hands in almost everything. The ideal of a “limited federal government” has long since faded away. Very few people seem to believe in it anymore. Instead, Americans today look to the federal government as the answer to all of our problems, as the provider of all of our needs, and as the regulator of every single detail of our lives.
The U.S. government has become the “Big Mother” that we all scramble to for a handout when we get into trouble.
When you sit down and really analyze it, you quickly realize that there is no way that the U.S. government can be extricated from the U.S. economy now. Instead of the free enterprise system that we once had in this country, today we have a situation where the U.S. government has become the very core of the economy. It is the hub around which everything else in the economy revolves.
You don’t believe this?
The following are 11 signs that the U.S. government has become an overgrown monstrosity that almost every American is dependent upon for economic survival….
#1) The Explosion Of Government Handouts
39.68 million Americans are now on food stamps. Millions of others are completely dependent on the extended unemployment benefits that they are receiving. Millions of other Americans are able to survive financially because of the dozens of other welfare programs that the U.S. government subsidizes. More Americans are receiving some form of welfare than ever before in history, and each month the numbers continue to go up. Could there come a day when we all receive government handouts every month?
#2) The Entitlements Programs That Threaten To Destroy U.S. Government Finances
Entitlements are the single biggest U.S. government expense. These programs include Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other social Ponzi schemes. Tens of millions of Americans receive government assistance through these programs. In fact, nearly 51 million Americans received $672 billion in Social Security benefits in 2009. We all have friends or family members who receive these kinds of payments. But cutting so many people a check year after year is slowly but surely destroying U.S. government finances. According to an official U.S. government report, rapidly growing interest costs on the national debt together with spending on major entitlement programs will absorb approximately 92 cents of every dollar of federal revenue by the year 2019. That is before a penny is spent on anything else. This is clearly not a sustainable financial situation by any definition, but who wants to tell tens of millions of Americans that their checks are going to be reduced?
#3) The U.S. Government Is Now Even Paying Mortgages
Yes, you read that right. As part of the “stimulus” package, the U.S. government is going to send money to some of the states that were hit the hardest by the real estate crisis. So what is that money going to be used for? Well, Florida, Michigan, California and Arizona have all announced that they plan to use $1.4 billion the Obama administration is sending their way to help the unemployed and the “underwater” pay their mortgages.
#4) Without The Student Loan Program A Huge Percentage Of College Students Would Not Get An Education
The federal student loan program (which was recently entirely nationalized) helps millions of college students pay for their education. Without this assistance by the government, a lot less students would be going to college. In fact, many of you that are reading this article directly benefited from the federal student loan program.
#5) The Bailout Of AIG
One of the biggest insurance companies in the world, AIG, would not be in existence today if not for direct federal government intervention. It kind of makes you wonder what George Washington and Thomas Jefferson would think about a federal government that hands big bags of cash to a giant insurance company so that it can survive. Whether it was so they could pay off their debts to Goldman Sachs or whether it was so that they could keep paying out record-setting bonuses, the truth is that AIG would not have made it without the federal government stepping in.
#6) The “Too Big To Fail” Banks
But it wasn’t just AIG that got bailed out. A number of big banks may have gone under if not for the U.S. government. The U.S. government decided that they were “too big to fail”. Well, what about all the small banks that are going under? The truth is that they are “too small to bother with”. We now live in a nation where the U.S. government is the one who decides which banks live and which banks die like dogs. Doesn’t that just make you feel all warm and fuzzy?
#7) The Bailout Of General Motors
But not only does the federal government bail out financial institutions – it is also now in the car business. Yes, grand old General Motors may have ended up on the scrap heap of history if not for the U.S. government stepping in. So if you work for General Motors or if you work for any company that does business with General Motors, you can thank Uncle Sam for the fact that you still have a job.
#8) The Bailouts Of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
If the U.S. government had not bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, we may not have much of a mortgage industry at this point at all. According to Inside Mortgage Finance, government-related entities backed 96.5% of all home loans during the first quarter of 2010, which was up from 90% in 2009. So if you borrowed money to buy a home over the past couple of years, there is a very strong likelihood that the U.S. government was involved.
#9) The U.S. Government – The Nation’s Biggest Employer
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 2 million civilians work for the federal government, excluding the Postal Service. When you add in all U.S. military personnel, that number goes much higher.
The truth is that as the government continues to expand (become more bloated), more Americans than ever are hopping aboard the gravy train. Today, the average federal worker now earns about twice as much as the average worker in the private sector. So if you want to do little work, produce little of real value and enjoy super cushy benefits, maybe you should apply for a job with the federal government too.
#10) Millions Of Americans Are Employed By Firms That Rely On Government Contracts
When considering the impact of the U.S. government on the economy, you can’t forget the hundreds of companies that would go out of business if their U.S. government contracts were taken away. There are literally millions of people who work for companies that do business with the government. If the government disappeared it would cause economic chaos for those firms. The truth is that a whole lot of people make a really good living plugging into the sweetest revenue source of them all – the U.S. government.
#11) The U.S. Government Takeover Of The Health Care System
The U.S. government takeover of the health care system is going to fundamentally change the economics of the health care industry. The U.S. government will now play a major role in deciding which hospitals get built and which do not. Approximately 17% of U.S. GDP is spent on health care, and now the U.S. government has unprecedented control over where that money goes. Over a dozen new taxes have been established by the new health care reform law, and the U.S. government is going to pour an unprecedented amount of money into the system. So will this result in all of us getting better health care? We’ll just have to wait and see.
The truth is that the Founding Fathers never envisioned a federal government that completely dominated that national economy. But that is what we have got. As of now, only a very small percentage of Americans are still able to say that they are completely financially independent of the U.S. government.
You see, in economic terms the U.S. government is not just the elephant in the room. It is the elephant that sat on the room and nearly suffocated everything else out of existence.
As Americans, we live in an economy that is so intertwined with the government that it is impossible to separate the two anymore.
But the really bad news is that the U.S. government is in massive financial trouble. According to one new report, the U.S. national debt will reach 100 percent of GDP by the year 2015. Many economists regard that as an incredibly dangerous threshold to cross.
If U.S. government finances collapse, it will mean the collapse of the entire U.S. economy as well. There is simply no separating the two. And considering the fact that the U.S. government has piled up the biggest mountain of debt in the history of the world, things don’t look promising.
America is headed for an unprecedented economic collapse, and the U.S. government is leading the way. If you can get financially independent, now is the time to try to do that, but the reality is that we will all feel massive economic pain when this thing comes crashing down.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
ADL: It's "Anti-Semitic" To Mention How Many Jews Are On The Supreme Court
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If Kagan is confirmed to the Supreme Court, it will make the Supreme Court 33% Jewish and 0% Protestant. It will also make white Christians a minority on the court in general.
Many Jewish publications praised the appointment of Kagan and boasted of her Jewishness. However the ADL, one of America’s most well funded extreme left-wing outfits, says it is “unacceptable” and “anti-Semitic” for anyone else to mention she is Jewish.
From the Washington Post…
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called Pat Buchanan “a recidivist anti-Semite who doesn’t miss an opportunity to show his fangs,” in response to remarks he made about the Jewish faith of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan and the religious makeup of the current court.
Buchanan wrote in his May 14 syndicated column, “If Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, will have 33 percent of the Supreme Court seats. Is this the Democrats’ idea of diversity?”
Buchanan continued, “Not in living memory has a Democratic president nominated an Irish, Italian, or Polish Catholic … What happened to the party of the Daleys, Rizzos and Rostenkowskis?”
Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement:
Pat Buchanan is a recidivist anti-Semite who never misses an opportunity to show his fangs. His remarks about the Jewish background of Elena Kagan and the religious makeup of the Supreme Court are bigoted and unacceptable in a pluralistic society such as ours.
Kagan’s nomination for the Supreme Court should be considered on its merits. She is a highly qualified candidate for the judiciary, an exemplary Solicitor General and a great legal mind.
Notice that ADL chief Abe Foxman heaps praise on Kagan. The accusation of “anti-Semitism” is just childish name-calling on the part of Foxman. Foxman supports Kagan, because they are both on the extreme left. Foxman, however, can not debate Pat Buchanan on the facts, so Foxman simply calls him names. Crude name-calling is the only weapon of left-wing extremists like Foxman.
Timeline of Jewish people serving on the Supreme Court. This chart is from the Jewish Virtual Library. Do you suppose that Foxman will denounce the Jewish Virtual Library as “anti-Semitism unabated?”
If Kagan is confirmed to the Supreme Court, it will make the Supreme Court 33% Jewish and 0% Protestant. It will also make white Christians a minority on the court in general.
Many Jewish publications praised the appointment of Kagan and boasted of her Jewishness. However the ADL, one of America’s most well funded extreme left-wing outfits, says it is “unacceptable” and “anti-Semitic” for anyone else to mention she is Jewish.
From the Washington Post…
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called Pat Buchanan “a recidivist anti-Semite who doesn’t miss an opportunity to show his fangs,” in response to remarks he made about the Jewish faith of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan and the religious makeup of the current court.
Buchanan wrote in his May 14 syndicated column, “If Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, will have 33 percent of the Supreme Court seats. Is this the Democrats’ idea of diversity?”
Buchanan continued, “Not in living memory has a Democratic president nominated an Irish, Italian, or Polish Catholic … What happened to the party of the Daleys, Rizzos and Rostenkowskis?”
Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement:
Pat Buchanan is a recidivist anti-Semite who never misses an opportunity to show his fangs. His remarks about the Jewish background of Elena Kagan and the religious makeup of the Supreme Court are bigoted and unacceptable in a pluralistic society such as ours.
Kagan’s nomination for the Supreme Court should be considered on its merits. She is a highly qualified candidate for the judiciary, an exemplary Solicitor General and a great legal mind.
Notice that ADL chief Abe Foxman heaps praise on Kagan. The accusation of “anti-Semitism” is just childish name-calling on the part of Foxman. Foxman supports Kagan, because they are both on the extreme left. Foxman, however, can not debate Pat Buchanan on the facts, so Foxman simply calls him names. Crude name-calling is the only weapon of left-wing extremists like Foxman.
Timeline of Jewish people serving on the Supreme Court. This chart is from the Jewish Virtual Library. Do you suppose that Foxman will denounce the Jewish Virtual Library as “anti-Semitism unabated?”
LA Teacher Calls For Marxist Revolt In The United States
You think they just come here to work? They come to the land of opportunity?
Get your head out of your ass and wake up to the REALITY of the non-White INVASION!
Thanks Flanders for showing us this video!
Get your head out of your ass and wake up to the REALITY of the non-White INVASION!
Thanks Flanders for showing us this video!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Want To Reduce Your Property Taxes?
There is a reason why the 10th Plank of the Communist Manifesto is
1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rents of land to public purposes.
It is vital for a government to own all the land and therefore make you a serf in your own country. This is achieved many ways but primarily through property taxes. If you have never done it before, stop and think about it. If you fail to pay your property taxes to the government they take the land away literally at gun point. So explain to me how you actually own the land. You rent the land from the government and as long as you do what they require they leave you alone, pretty much like paying "protection money" to the mafia.
I came across this article and would like to share it with everyone so hopefully you reduce the amount of money that they steal from your pockets.
How To Reduce Your Property Taxes
1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rents of land to public purposes.
It is vital for a government to own all the land and therefore make you a serf in your own country. This is achieved many ways but primarily through property taxes. If you have never done it before, stop and think about it. If you fail to pay your property taxes to the government they take the land away literally at gun point. So explain to me how you actually own the land. You rent the land from the government and as long as you do what they require they leave you alone, pretty much like paying "protection money" to the mafia.
I came across this article and would like to share it with everyone so hopefully you reduce the amount of money that they steal from your pockets.
How To Reduce Your Property Taxes
Jews Complain When They Are Restrained By Hate Crimes Laws
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The Canadian Jewish Congress says the Toronto Police Service is pushing anti-hate law "to its most absurd level" by listing "non-Jewish Shiksa" as a victim category in its latest hate crime study.
The statistical report reveals that officers investigated hate crimes in Toronto last year against such unusual victim groups as teachers, feminists, infidels, police, Nazis and pedophiles.
But it is the redundantly named category of "non-Jewish Shiksa" -- a slur for a non-Jewish woman, from a Hebrew root meaning "a detested thing" -- that has especially baffled the CJC, a prominent advocate for stronger hate crime laws.
"You just can't apply it to literally everything," said CEO Bernie Farber.
The report, not yet released on the TPS website, shows an increase in "hate/bias occurrences" over the year before, from 153 to 174, with 23 charges laid.
Jewish, black, and LGBT were the top victim categories, but Tamils also registered, with six occurrences. By far the most common crime was mischief, usually graffiti, followed by assault and threatening.
The 2009 shiksa incident, classified as "mischief," happened in 53 Division, a central uptown area colloquially known among police as "Sleepy Hollow" because it includes the city's most pleasant residential communities, including some of the Jewish neighbourhoods around Bathurst and Lawrence.
It is not known whether a charge was laid, or a prosecution successful.
A letter of complaint to Alok Mukherjee, chairman of the Toronto Police Services Board, says the CJC is "frankly mystified," not just because "shiksa" is "sometimes used as a pejorative" and is therefore "inappropriate" for an official police category, but because hate crime sentencing provisions were meant to reflect not just simple membership in a group, but an "unchangeable" or "inescapable" aspect of the victim.
The letter also objects to the "police" category because police already enjoy special legal protection under the Criminal Code, and "Nazi" because political beliefs are not grounds for a hate crime. The letter does not mention feminists, teachers, infidels or pedophiles.
The Criminal Code allows for sentences to be increased if there is "evidence that the offence was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, or any other similar factor."
It is those last five words that give rise to the category controversy.
"While it is recognized that every individual has multiple aspects to their identity, more than one of which could be cause for an offender to target them, it is the practice of the [Toronto Police Service Hate Crime] Unit to classify a hate/ bias occurrence based on the best known information that exists relevant to the offender's perception of the victim," the report reads.
The term shiksa was given its full literary expression in Portnoy's Complaint, Phillip Roth's 1969 novel about adolescent sexual frustration, in which a Jewish protagonist agonizes over bad girls like Bubbles Girardi.
It has since become a common and mostly uncontroversial piece of slang. Charlotte, a Sex and the City character, is described by her Jewish boyfriend as a "shiksa goddess." Sharon Stone, after her sexual predator role in Basic Instinct, described herself as "the ultimate shiksa." And Jewish dating sites market themselves with the cheeky slogan "Shiksas are for practice."
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Who's your shiksa?
Authors and entertainers have weighed in on the mystique of the shiksa.
American is one
"It may have been gold in the streets for my grandparents, it may have been a chicken in every pot for my father and mother, but to me, America is a shiksa nestling under your arm whispering love love love love love."
-Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint
You can love one
After a reading in Montreal, "someone stood up and asked [Mordecai Richler] 'how come' he'd married 'a shiksa.' There was a pause--a hush as the audience registered the offence--and then Mordecai said, with chilling forbearance, 'Because I love her.' "
-- Daniel Richler
Not like mother
"You've got 'shiksappeal.' Jewish men love the idea of meeting a woman that's not like their mother."
-- George, to Elaine, on Seinfeld,
Less bossy, but still a threat
"The shiksa is regarded as sweet and less demanding, quieter, not like the Jewish mothers, less bossy. Jewish women see that as a threat. When they see 'willing to convert' [on Jewish dating sites] they think, 'these women are taking our guys.' Now you have to go up against these non-Jewish women."
-- Laurie Graff, author of The Shiksa Syndrome
To fly away on the wings of one
"To fly away on the wings of a shiksa. To be near a shiksa, hold her, feel the warm downy mouth of one traditionally detested by my own people. To touch a shiksa -- there, there and especially there. To be beloved by another kind. Essentially, to be free."
-- Gary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan
The Canadian Jewish Congress says the Toronto Police Service is pushing anti-hate law "to its most absurd level" by listing "non-Jewish Shiksa" as a victim category in its latest hate crime study.
The statistical report reveals that officers investigated hate crimes in Toronto last year against such unusual victim groups as teachers, feminists, infidels, police, Nazis and pedophiles.
But it is the redundantly named category of "non-Jewish Shiksa" -- a slur for a non-Jewish woman, from a Hebrew root meaning "a detested thing" -- that has especially baffled the CJC, a prominent advocate for stronger hate crime laws.
"You just can't apply it to literally everything," said CEO Bernie Farber.
The report, not yet released on the TPS website, shows an increase in "hate/bias occurrences" over the year before, from 153 to 174, with 23 charges laid.
Jewish, black, and LGBT were the top victim categories, but Tamils also registered, with six occurrences. By far the most common crime was mischief, usually graffiti, followed by assault and threatening.
The 2009 shiksa incident, classified as "mischief," happened in 53 Division, a central uptown area colloquially known among police as "Sleepy Hollow" because it includes the city's most pleasant residential communities, including some of the Jewish neighbourhoods around Bathurst and Lawrence.
It is not known whether a charge was laid, or a prosecution successful.
A letter of complaint to Alok Mukherjee, chairman of the Toronto Police Services Board, says the CJC is "frankly mystified," not just because "shiksa" is "sometimes used as a pejorative" and is therefore "inappropriate" for an official police category, but because hate crime sentencing provisions were meant to reflect not just simple membership in a group, but an "unchangeable" or "inescapable" aspect of the victim.
The letter also objects to the "police" category because police already enjoy special legal protection under the Criminal Code, and "Nazi" because political beliefs are not grounds for a hate crime. The letter does not mention feminists, teachers, infidels or pedophiles.
The Criminal Code allows for sentences to be increased if there is "evidence that the offence was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, or any other similar factor."
It is those last five words that give rise to the category controversy.
"While it is recognized that every individual has multiple aspects to their identity, more than one of which could be cause for an offender to target them, it is the practice of the [Toronto Police Service Hate Crime] Unit to classify a hate/ bias occurrence based on the best known information that exists relevant to the offender's perception of the victim," the report reads.
The term shiksa was given its full literary expression in Portnoy's Complaint, Phillip Roth's 1969 novel about adolescent sexual frustration, in which a Jewish protagonist agonizes over bad girls like Bubbles Girardi.
It has since become a common and mostly uncontroversial piece of slang. Charlotte, a Sex and the City character, is described by her Jewish boyfriend as a "shiksa goddess." Sharon Stone, after her sexual predator role in Basic Instinct, described herself as "the ultimate shiksa." And Jewish dating sites market themselves with the cheeky slogan "Shiksas are for practice."
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Who's your shiksa?
Authors and entertainers have weighed in on the mystique of the shiksa.
American is one
"It may have been gold in the streets for my grandparents, it may have been a chicken in every pot for my father and mother, but to me, America is a shiksa nestling under your arm whispering love love love love love."
-Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint
You can love one
After a reading in Montreal, "someone stood up and asked [Mordecai Richler] 'how come' he'd married 'a shiksa.' There was a pause--a hush as the audience registered the offence--and then Mordecai said, with chilling forbearance, 'Because I love her.' "
-- Daniel Richler
Not like mother
"You've got 'shiksappeal.' Jewish men love the idea of meeting a woman that's not like their mother."
-- George, to Elaine, on Seinfeld,
Less bossy, but still a threat
"The shiksa is regarded as sweet and less demanding, quieter, not like the Jewish mothers, less bossy. Jewish women see that as a threat. When they see 'willing to convert' [on Jewish dating sites] they think, 'these women are taking our guys.' Now you have to go up against these non-Jewish women."
-- Laurie Graff, author of The Shiksa Syndrome
To fly away on the wings of one
"To fly away on the wings of a shiksa. To be near a shiksa, hold her, feel the warm downy mouth of one traditionally detested by my own people. To touch a shiksa -- there, there and especially there. To be beloved by another kind. Essentially, to be free."
-- Gary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan
Pelosi to Aspiring Musicians: Quit Your Job, Taxpayers Will Cover Your Health Care
(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week that thanks to the new health-care reform law, musicians and other creative types could quit their jobs and focus on developing their talents because taxpayers would fund their health care coverage.
“We see it as an entrepreneurial bill,” Pelosi said, “a bill that says to someone, if you want to be creative and be a musician or whatever, you can leave your work, focus on your talent, your skill, your passion, your aspirations because you will have health care.”
Pelosi made the remarks while speaking at the Capitol on Wednesday to the Asian American and Pacific Islanders Summit.
“We see it as an entrepreneurial bill,” Pelosi said, “a bill that says to someone, if you want to be creative and be a musician or whatever, you can leave your work, focus on your talent, your skill, your passion, your aspirations because you will have health care.”
Pelosi made the remarks while speaking at the Capitol on Wednesday to the Asian American and Pacific Islanders Summit.
Businesses Abandon Kommiefornia In Droves
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California has the potential to be such a nice state, but it is completely ruined by the marxist trash that currently inhabit it (illegals aside). The government there (and everywhere) seem to think they run the show and can tell business how, why and where they can run their operation. Yet in the end it is the government that needs the people not the other way around. Which was so clearly pointed out in the Deceleration Of Independence.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
1. Alza Corp. in 2007 eliminated about 600 jobs in drug R&D while also exiting its Mountain View HQ. At the time the company said that its 1,200-person Vacaville facility will continue to operate. But the Vacaville Reporter on Oct. 23, 2009 revealed that the plant is being offered for sale by J&J, its parent company. It’s unclear if more layoffs are in the facility’s future.
2. American AVK, a producer of fire hydrants and other water-related products, moved from Fresno to Minden, Nevada .
3. American Racing moved its auto-wheel production to Mexico, ending most of its 47-year operation in California.
4. Apple Computer has expanded in other states, most recently with a $1 billion facility planned for North Carolina .
5. Audix Corporation relocated from Redwood City and to accommodate growth moved to a 78,000-square-foot facility in Wilson , Oregon .
6. Apria Healthcare Group of Lake Forest is shifting jobs from California to Overland Park, Kansas , a K.C. suburb.
7. Assurant Inc. cut 325 jobs in Orange County and consolidated positions in Georgia , Ohio and South Carolina.
8. Automobile Club of Southern California placed 1,100 jobs in Texas.
9. Barefoot Motors, a small “green” manufacturer, moved from Sonoma and will grow in Ashland, Oregon .
10. Bazz Houston Co. located in Garden Grove , has slowly been building a workforce of about 35 people in Tijuana . In early 2010 the company said it expects to move more jobs to Mexico, citing cost and regulatory difficulties in Southern California .
11. Beckman Coulter, a biomedical test equipment manufacturer headquartered in Brea, relocated part of its Palo Alto facilities to Indianapolis, Indiana, two years ago. In early 2010, it’s making a multimillion-dollar investment to expand and create up to 100 new jobs in Indiana. The company said the area offers a “favorable business environment and lower total cost of operations, plus a local work force with strong skills in both engineering and manufacturing.”
12. Bild Industries Inc., which specializes in business news, directories and market reports, moved to Post Falls, Idaho, from Van Nuys.
13. Bill Miller Engineering, Ltd., suffering under the “hostile business climate” in California and Los Angeles County, moved from Harbor City to Carson City, Nevada .
14. BMC Select has conducted an unusual relocation. The company, which had shifted its headquarters from Idaho to San Francisco , relocated its H.Q. back to Boise in January 2010. The building materials distributor said that regaining its footing in Boise retained access to high-quality employees while reducing wage and occupancy costs.
15. BPI Labs, which formulates, manufactures, and fills personal care products for the health and beauty industry, relocated from Sacramento to Evanston, Wyoming , a move the company’s owner called “very successful . . . . It felt good and I’ve never looked back.”
16. Buck Knives after 62 years in San Diego moved to Post Falls, Idaho.
17. CalPortland Cement has announced in late 2009 closure of its Riverside County plant because of new environmental regulations from a state law (AB 32). The company’s CEO wrote, “A cement plant cannot be picked up and moved, but the next new plant probably won’t be built in California meaning more good, high-paying manufacturing jobs will be lost to Nevada or China or somewhere.”
18. California Casualty Group left San Mateo for Colorado, cutting operating costs to remain competitive.
19. CalStar Products Inc., headquartered in Newark in the San Francisco Bay Area, in January 2010 was awarded $2.44 million in federal clean energy tax credits. The company said in the future it expects to build additional plants in the Mississippi Valley and the East Coast. In late 2009 CalStar opened a plant in Caledonia, Wisconsin.
20. Checks To-Go moved to Utah where workers’ comp rates helped make the troubled company healthier.
21. Chivaroli & Associates, a healthcare-related insurance service based in Westlake Village moved a regional office to Spokane, Washington.
22. CoreSite, A Carlyle Company, is delaying a Santa Clara project while it expands its data center in Reston, Va.
23. Creators Syndicate may flee L.A. because it operates like a “banana republic.”
24. Creel Printing Left Costa Mesa for Las Vegas and So Cal loses 60 more jobs.
25. Dassault Falcon looked at building an aircraft services facility in Riverside County but instead located in Reno.
26. DaVita Inc. moved its HQ from Los Angeles to Denver; expects to see millions of dollars in savings over time.
27. Denny’s Corp. - the large restaurant chain—once had its headquarters in La Mirada, later in Irvine and then moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina. The company was founded in California and its growth over time created HQ jobs in another state.
28. Digital Domain, the Academy-Award-winning visual effects studio based in Venice placed new studios in Vancouve , British Columbia, and Port St. Lucie, Florida.
29. Ditech, headquartered in Costa Mesa, announced in January 2010 a 269-job cut and is moving most activities to the GMAC Financial Services (parent company) headquarters in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. In 2007, Ditech relocated some workers from Costa Mesa to Phoenix . A once robust Costa Mesa facility employing hundreds will be down to 20 or 30 workers.
30. DuPont Fabros Technology suspended a $270 million Santa Clara data center project in favor of one in Ashburn, Va.
31. eBay, based in San Jose , will create 450 jobs in Draper, Utah , in a new $334 million operations, customer support and data center.
32. EDMO Distributors, Inc., a world-wide wholesaler of aircraft avionics, test equipment, and pilot supplies, moved its HQ from Valencia , Calif. , to Spokane Valley , Wash. Since, it has built a larger headquarters in the city's Mirabeau Point community complex.
33. Edwards Lifesciences based in Irvine will expand with 1,000 employees not in California but in Draper, Utah .
34. EMRISE Corp. completed its HQ move from Rancho Cucamonga to Eatontown , NJ , in May 2009. The company said the move "will result in additional annualized cost savings of approximately $1 million and facilitate improvements in operating efficiency. . . . The cost savings associated with relocating our corporate headquarters will start immediately. . . The aggregate total of these expense reductions will increase our profitability and cash flow in this and succeeding years and, over time, substantially improve our ability to further reduce our long term debt."
35. Facebook, based in Palo Alto , will expand in a major way in Oregon by locating a custom data center in Prineville. It will be a 147,000-square-foot facility costing $180 million and will employ 200 workers during construction and another 35 full-time once operating in 2011.
36. FallLine Corporation Left Huntington Beach, where they were being "hammered" with multiple governmental regulatory fees, for Reno , Nevada .
37. Fidelity National Financial left Santa Barbara for Florida , spurred by California 's "oppressive" business environment.
38. First American Corp., based in Santa Ana , will open a call center in March 2010 not in California but in Phoenix , where it expects to employ about 400 people within two years.
39. Fluor Corp. moved its global headquarters from Aliso Viejo to Irving , Texas , with about 100 employees asked to relocate while the company planned to hire the same number there. In 2006, when Fluor moved into its new headquarters building, a company statement said: "The official dedication had a decidedly Texas theme" as a horseshoe was raised on the building, a time-honored Texas tradition.
40. Foxconn Electronics, a large contract electronics maker, moved some of its Fullerton operations to Dallas .
41. Fuel System Solutions moved its headquarters from Santa Ana to New York .
42. Gregg Industries, owned by Neenah Enterprises Inc. in Wisconsin , closed a 300-employee foundry in El Monte foundry under pressure from the South Coast Air Quality Management District to make $5 million in upgrades. The company didn't want to make the investment in the difficult economic climate so it decided instead to leave the state.
43. Helix Wind Inc. may move its research and development, engineering, and testing departments from San Diego to "more supportive" Oregon .
44. Hewlett-Packard, HQ'd in Palo Alto , at various times has moved jobs to Tennessee and Texas .
45. Hilton Hotels Corp. in 2009 is moving from its longtime corporate H.Q. in Beverly Hills to a new office in Tysons Corner , Virginia .
46. Hino Motor Manufacturing USA moved from California to Williamstown , West Virginia , in 2007, where it now employs about 100 workers. The company has growth plans to "Raise Hino's presence from medium-/heavy /heavy-duty trucks to all ranges of trucks" and an aggressive program to improve fuel economy and emissions. The company builds trucks under its own brand and also manufactures Toyota-branded vehicles.
47. Intel Corporation, HQ'd in Santa Clara, has chosen to expand operations in neighboring states
48. Intuit of Mountain View created a customer support office (110 people) not in California but in Colorado because of lower operating costs.
49. Intuit placed a data center near Quincy , Washington .
50. Intuit also located Innovative Merchant Solutions LLC in Las Vegas as part of a $1.8 million investment in Nevada.
51. J.C. Penney closed it Sacramento call center and moved the work to five out-of-state centers.
52. Kimmie Candy Co., a manufacturer that was started in 1999, moved from Sacramento to Nevada in 2005. "I really don't have a lot of regrets about moving up to Reno ," said owner Joe Dutra.
53. Klaussner Home Furnishings in closing its La Mirada manufacturing plant will maintain its NC and Iowa operations.
54. Knight Protective Industries moved to Oregon "where 4-day work weeks were permitted by the state" and wanted by the employees.
55. Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. announced in February 2010 that it is closing its Irvine plant, laying off 56 people, and will shift the work to Malaysia and Singapore . The facility had been owned by Orthodyne Electronics Corp., which Kulicke & Soffa bought in 2008.
56. LCF Enterprises, which makes specialized high-end amplifiers used by researchers, medical professionals and others, moved from Camarillo, Calif., to Post Falls, Idaho.
57. Lennox Hearth Products Inc. in Orange , Calif. , will lay off 71 workers and by March 2010 will transfer the jobs to Nashville and Union City , Tennessee , "to reduce costs and increase operating efficiencies."
58. Lyn-Tron, Inc., a supplier of electronic hardware, moved from Los Angeles to Spokane , Wash. Their website has a rather California(ish) statement: "Our commitment is to maintain a manufacturing environment that is progressive and safe, where our employees are able to achieve their personal objectives, thereby adding to their quality of life and to the community in which they live."
59. Mariah Power, a "green" manufacturer of small wind turbines, moved from California to Nevada and in 2009 teamed up with another company to begin production in Manistee , Michigan .
60. Maxwell America, a boating equipment maker, in February 2010 closed its Santa Ana offices and moved them to Hanover , Md. One reason given was the indirect impact of California environmental regulations. A company official said over the years many California boat builders relocated to the Midwest and East where they don't face the same restrictions.
61. MiaSolé, based in the Silicon Valley, was reported in January 2010 to be planning a 500,000-square-foot plant, which could be one of the largest solar factories in the United States . The location is not near its in Santa Clara headquarters but in the Atlanta , Georgia , area where its workforce eventually could exceed 1,000. The news came one week after MiaSolé received $101.8 million in federal tax credits.
62. MotorVac Technologies announced in February 2010 that it's leaving Santa Ana for Ontario , Canada . MotorVac's CEO said he "really fought hard to keep MotorVac here, but unfortunately the numbers didn't support it." The move cuts costs because it's new owner, UView, has its own plant with excess capacity in Canada . "And the general cost of doing business in California is much more expensive."
63. Nissan North America moved its Los Angeles headquarters to Nashville , Tenn.
64. Northrop Grumman by 2011 will relocate its Los Angeles H.Q. to the Washington , DC metro area. It's the last major aerospace company to leave Southern California , the birthplace of the aerospace industry.
65. One2Believe, a specialty religious-toy maker, left California for East Aurora , New York .
66. Patmont Motor Werks, Inc. (GoPed manufacturer), after being hit by California regulators for hundreds of thousands of dollars in small fines even though his company has a stellar safety record, moved to Nevada.
67. Paragon Relocation Resources moved from Rancho Santa Margarita to Irving , Texas .
68. Pixel Magic, headquartered in Toluca Lake , Calif. , ( Los Angeles metro area), is locating a studio in Lafayette , Louisiana , where it will create 40 new jobs between 2010 and 2013. The company, which provides digital effects for motion pictures and television, said the Louisiana people they were in contact with have an immediate understanding of technology and data handling.
69. Plastic Model Engineering, Inc., a custom plastic injection molder and mold manufacturer, moved from Sylmar , Calif. to the "Inland Northwest," notably Post Falls , Idaho .
70. Precor will stop manufacturing fitness machines in California and re-open in North Carolina .
71. Premier Inc., the largest healthcare alliance in the nation, will move its HQ from San Diego to Charlotte , involving an investment of $17.7 million and adding 300 jobs in North Carolina . The announcement was made Oct. 14, 2009.
72. Pro Cal of South Gate, in Los Angeles County , a unit of Myers Industries, expanded its Sparks , Nev. , operations to become the company's primary West Coast production and distribution facility. Pro Cal is a plastics manufacturer of nursery containers and a big recycler.
73. Race Track Chaplaincy of America started 2010 by shifting its headquarters from Los Angeles to Lexington , Kentucky . The non-profit group said it had wanted to relocate from the Hollywood Park Race Track for several reasons, one of which is the significant cost of doing business on the West Coast.
74. Red Truck Fire & Safety Company left Fresno for Minden , Nevada in 2007 because of California 's myriad fees and regulations that meant "death by thousand cuts."
75. SAIC will move its headquarters east, from San Diego to McLean, Virgina, which the Washington Post called "Another Coup for Area." The announcement was made Sept. 24, 2009; it is unclear how many employees will move east in 2009 and 2010.
76. Scale Computing, a data-storage developer and manufacturer, is leaving Silicon Valley for Indiana .
77. Schott Solar Inc. will close its sales and customer service office in Roseville and will relocate the office to Albuquerque , NM .
78. SimpleTech transferred its manufacturing work from Santa Ana to Asia more than a year ago.
79. Smiley Industries, an aerospace manufacturer, moved to Phoenix , where productivity improved.
80. Solaicx, based in the Silicon Valley, said in early 2010 that it will expand its manufacturing plant in Portland , Oregon . Solaicx received $18.2 million in federal tax credits as part of Washington 's efforts to advance green energy.
81. SolarWorld, a maker of solar technology founded in Camarillo , consolidated manufacturing in Oregon after that state offered property tax abatement and business energy tax credits. The company will employ about 1,000 in Oregon by 2011
82. Special Devices Inc. brought 250 jobs to Mesa , Arizona , from Moorpark , Calif.
83. StarKist headquarters is leaving San Francisco for Pittsburgh , Pa.
84. Stasis Engineering moved from Sonoma County to West Virginia , a "friendlier business climate."
85. Stata Corp., which specializes in data analysis and statistical software, moved from Santa Monica , California to College Station , Texas .
86. Tapmatic, a metalworking firm whose owners were "fed up with the onerous business environment," moved from Orange County , California to Post Falls in northern Idaho .
87. Teledesic moved to Washington state in anticipation of better capital gains.
88. Telmar Network Technology Inc. moved from Irvine to Plano , Texas , consolidating some 150 workers there.
89. Terremark postponed a Santa Clara project earlier this year to invest $50 million in a Culpeper, Va. project.
90. Terumo Cardiovascular Systems is moving R&D from OC to Ann Arbor , Michigan , involving 65 jobs and $3.5 million in investments.
91. Toyota will stop making cars in Fremont , will idle 4,700 workers, and move work to Canada and San Antonio , Texas .
92. True Games Interactive Inc. will its H.Q. from Irvine to Austin , Texas , where it expects to have about 60 workers by the middle of 2010.
93. TTM Technologies will leave L.A. & Hayward and move to other states and China to achieve big cost savings.
94. Twentieth Century Props of L.A. has gone out of business as film-making has moved to lower-cost states
95. Understand.com moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Reno, a loss for California in that the company is a leader in web-based patient education content and shows strong growth. The company was named 2007 Innovator of the Year by a Northern publication and the company's founder and received a media and Reno-Tahoe Young Professionals Network "20 Under 40" award and was selected as a 20/20 Business Visionary by Nevada Business Magazine.
96. US Airways is realigning operations and California is no longer considered part of its "core." The airline is closing its John Wayne Airport maintenance station and in early 2010 will redistribute the mechanics across its system.
97. US Press shifted work from Los Angeles and San Diego to Portland , "where union rules were almost rational."
98. USAA Insurance closed its 625-person Sacramento campus in favor of other states.
99. Yahoo opened a data center in Quincy , Washington , a community that now hopes to land high-tech manufacturing.
The list will grow as Sacramento considers more measures that will increase corporate taxes, increase workers' comp costs, increase regulatory reporting requirements (along with higher fines for minor infractions), increase gasoline and diesel-fuel taxes, increase water rates, increase electric-power rates, and increase assorted fees that will cause services to become more expensive.
California has the potential to be such a nice state, but it is completely ruined by the marxist trash that currently inhabit it (illegals aside). The government there (and everywhere) seem to think they run the show and can tell business how, why and where they can run their operation. Yet in the end it is the government that needs the people not the other way around. Which was so clearly pointed out in the Deceleration Of Independence.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
1. Alza Corp. in 2007 eliminated about 600 jobs in drug R&D while also exiting its Mountain View HQ. At the time the company said that its 1,200-person Vacaville facility will continue to operate. But the Vacaville Reporter on Oct. 23, 2009 revealed that the plant is being offered for sale by J&J, its parent company. It’s unclear if more layoffs are in the facility’s future.
2. American AVK, a producer of fire hydrants and other water-related products, moved from Fresno to Minden, Nevada .
3. American Racing moved its auto-wheel production to Mexico, ending most of its 47-year operation in California.
4. Apple Computer has expanded in other states, most recently with a $1 billion facility planned for North Carolina .
5. Audix Corporation relocated from Redwood City and to accommodate growth moved to a 78,000-square-foot facility in Wilson , Oregon .
6. Apria Healthcare Group of Lake Forest is shifting jobs from California to Overland Park, Kansas , a K.C. suburb.
7. Assurant Inc. cut 325 jobs in Orange County and consolidated positions in Georgia , Ohio and South Carolina.
8. Automobile Club of Southern California placed 1,100 jobs in Texas.
9. Barefoot Motors, a small “green” manufacturer, moved from Sonoma and will grow in Ashland, Oregon .
10. Bazz Houston Co. located in Garden Grove , has slowly been building a workforce of about 35 people in Tijuana . In early 2010 the company said it expects to move more jobs to Mexico, citing cost and regulatory difficulties in Southern California .
11. Beckman Coulter, a biomedical test equipment manufacturer headquartered in Brea, relocated part of its Palo Alto facilities to Indianapolis, Indiana, two years ago. In early 2010, it’s making a multimillion-dollar investment to expand and create up to 100 new jobs in Indiana. The company said the area offers a “favorable business environment and lower total cost of operations, plus a local work force with strong skills in both engineering and manufacturing.”
12. Bild Industries Inc., which specializes in business news, directories and market reports, moved to Post Falls, Idaho, from Van Nuys.
13. Bill Miller Engineering, Ltd., suffering under the “hostile business climate” in California and Los Angeles County, moved from Harbor City to Carson City, Nevada .
14. BMC Select has conducted an unusual relocation. The company, which had shifted its headquarters from Idaho to San Francisco , relocated its H.Q. back to Boise in January 2010. The building materials distributor said that regaining its footing in Boise retained access to high-quality employees while reducing wage and occupancy costs.
15. BPI Labs, which formulates, manufactures, and fills personal care products for the health and beauty industry, relocated from Sacramento to Evanston, Wyoming , a move the company’s owner called “very successful . . . . It felt good and I’ve never looked back.”
16. Buck Knives after 62 years in San Diego moved to Post Falls, Idaho.
17. CalPortland Cement has announced in late 2009 closure of its Riverside County plant because of new environmental regulations from a state law (AB 32). The company’s CEO wrote, “A cement plant cannot be picked up and moved, but the next new plant probably won’t be built in California meaning more good, high-paying manufacturing jobs will be lost to Nevada or China or somewhere.”
18. California Casualty Group left San Mateo for Colorado, cutting operating costs to remain competitive.
19. CalStar Products Inc., headquartered in Newark in the San Francisco Bay Area, in January 2010 was awarded $2.44 million in federal clean energy tax credits. The company said in the future it expects to build additional plants in the Mississippi Valley and the East Coast. In late 2009 CalStar opened a plant in Caledonia, Wisconsin.
20. Checks To-Go moved to Utah where workers’ comp rates helped make the troubled company healthier.
21. Chivaroli & Associates, a healthcare-related insurance service based in Westlake Village moved a regional office to Spokane, Washington.
22. CoreSite, A Carlyle Company, is delaying a Santa Clara project while it expands its data center in Reston, Va.
23. Creators Syndicate may flee L.A. because it operates like a “banana republic.”
24. Creel Printing Left Costa Mesa for Las Vegas and So Cal loses 60 more jobs.
25. Dassault Falcon looked at building an aircraft services facility in Riverside County but instead located in Reno.
26. DaVita Inc. moved its HQ from Los Angeles to Denver; expects to see millions of dollars in savings over time.
27. Denny’s Corp. - the large restaurant chain—once had its headquarters in La Mirada, later in Irvine and then moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina. The company was founded in California and its growth over time created HQ jobs in another state.
28. Digital Domain, the Academy-Award-winning visual effects studio based in Venice placed new studios in Vancouve , British Columbia, and Port St. Lucie, Florida.
29. Ditech, headquartered in Costa Mesa, announced in January 2010 a 269-job cut and is moving most activities to the GMAC Financial Services (parent company) headquarters in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. In 2007, Ditech relocated some workers from Costa Mesa to Phoenix . A once robust Costa Mesa facility employing hundreds will be down to 20 or 30 workers.
30. DuPont Fabros Technology suspended a $270 million Santa Clara data center project in favor of one in Ashburn, Va.
31. eBay, based in San Jose , will create 450 jobs in Draper, Utah , in a new $334 million operations, customer support and data center.
32. EDMO Distributors, Inc., a world-wide wholesaler of aircraft avionics, test equipment, and pilot supplies, moved its HQ from Valencia , Calif. , to Spokane Valley , Wash. Since, it has built a larger headquarters in the city's Mirabeau Point community complex.
33. Edwards Lifesciences based in Irvine will expand with 1,000 employees not in California but in Draper, Utah .
34. EMRISE Corp. completed its HQ move from Rancho Cucamonga to Eatontown , NJ , in May 2009. The company said the move "will result in additional annualized cost savings of approximately $1 million and facilitate improvements in operating efficiency. . . . The cost savings associated with relocating our corporate headquarters will start immediately. . . The aggregate total of these expense reductions will increase our profitability and cash flow in this and succeeding years and, over time, substantially improve our ability to further reduce our long term debt."
35. Facebook, based in Palo Alto , will expand in a major way in Oregon by locating a custom data center in Prineville. It will be a 147,000-square-foot facility costing $180 million and will employ 200 workers during construction and another 35 full-time once operating in 2011.
36. FallLine Corporation Left Huntington Beach, where they were being "hammered" with multiple governmental regulatory fees, for Reno , Nevada .
37. Fidelity National Financial left Santa Barbara for Florida , spurred by California 's "oppressive" business environment.
38. First American Corp., based in Santa Ana , will open a call center in March 2010 not in California but in Phoenix , where it expects to employ about 400 people within two years.
39. Fluor Corp. moved its global headquarters from Aliso Viejo to Irving , Texas , with about 100 employees asked to relocate while the company planned to hire the same number there. In 2006, when Fluor moved into its new headquarters building, a company statement said: "The official dedication had a decidedly Texas theme" as a horseshoe was raised on the building, a time-honored Texas tradition.
40. Foxconn Electronics, a large contract electronics maker, moved some of its Fullerton operations to Dallas .
41. Fuel System Solutions moved its headquarters from Santa Ana to New York .
42. Gregg Industries, owned by Neenah Enterprises Inc. in Wisconsin , closed a 300-employee foundry in El Monte foundry under pressure from the South Coast Air Quality Management District to make $5 million in upgrades. The company didn't want to make the investment in the difficult economic climate so it decided instead to leave the state.
43. Helix Wind Inc. may move its research and development, engineering, and testing departments from San Diego to "more supportive" Oregon .
44. Hewlett-Packard, HQ'd in Palo Alto , at various times has moved jobs to Tennessee and Texas .
45. Hilton Hotels Corp. in 2009 is moving from its longtime corporate H.Q. in Beverly Hills to a new office in Tysons Corner , Virginia .
46. Hino Motor Manufacturing USA moved from California to Williamstown , West Virginia , in 2007, where it now employs about 100 workers. The company has growth plans to "Raise Hino's presence from medium-/heavy /heavy-duty trucks to all ranges of trucks" and an aggressive program to improve fuel economy and emissions. The company builds trucks under its own brand and also manufactures Toyota-branded vehicles.
47. Intel Corporation, HQ'd in Santa Clara, has chosen to expand operations in neighboring states
48. Intuit of Mountain View created a customer support office (110 people) not in California but in Colorado because of lower operating costs.
49. Intuit placed a data center near Quincy , Washington .
50. Intuit also located Innovative Merchant Solutions LLC in Las Vegas as part of a $1.8 million investment in Nevada.
51. J.C. Penney closed it Sacramento call center and moved the work to five out-of-state centers.
52. Kimmie Candy Co., a manufacturer that was started in 1999, moved from Sacramento to Nevada in 2005. "I really don't have a lot of regrets about moving up to Reno ," said owner Joe Dutra.
53. Klaussner Home Furnishings in closing its La Mirada manufacturing plant will maintain its NC and Iowa operations.
54. Knight Protective Industries moved to Oregon "where 4-day work weeks were permitted by the state" and wanted by the employees.
55. Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. announced in February 2010 that it is closing its Irvine plant, laying off 56 people, and will shift the work to Malaysia and Singapore . The facility had been owned by Orthodyne Electronics Corp., which Kulicke & Soffa bought in 2008.
56. LCF Enterprises, which makes specialized high-end amplifiers used by researchers, medical professionals and others, moved from Camarillo, Calif., to Post Falls, Idaho.
57. Lennox Hearth Products Inc. in Orange , Calif. , will lay off 71 workers and by March 2010 will transfer the jobs to Nashville and Union City , Tennessee , "to reduce costs and increase operating efficiencies."
58. Lyn-Tron, Inc., a supplier of electronic hardware, moved from Los Angeles to Spokane , Wash. Their website has a rather California(ish) statement: "Our commitment is to maintain a manufacturing environment that is progressive and safe, where our employees are able to achieve their personal objectives, thereby adding to their quality of life and to the community in which they live."
59. Mariah Power, a "green" manufacturer of small wind turbines, moved from California to Nevada and in 2009 teamed up with another company to begin production in Manistee , Michigan .
60. Maxwell America, a boating equipment maker, in February 2010 closed its Santa Ana offices and moved them to Hanover , Md. One reason given was the indirect impact of California environmental regulations. A company official said over the years many California boat builders relocated to the Midwest and East where they don't face the same restrictions.
61. MiaSolé, based in the Silicon Valley, was reported in January 2010 to be planning a 500,000-square-foot plant, which could be one of the largest solar factories in the United States . The location is not near its in Santa Clara headquarters but in the Atlanta , Georgia , area where its workforce eventually could exceed 1,000. The news came one week after MiaSolé received $101.8 million in federal tax credits.
62. MotorVac Technologies announced in February 2010 that it's leaving Santa Ana for Ontario , Canada . MotorVac's CEO said he "really fought hard to keep MotorVac here, but unfortunately the numbers didn't support it." The move cuts costs because it's new owner, UView, has its own plant with excess capacity in Canada . "And the general cost of doing business in California is much more expensive."
63. Nissan North America moved its Los Angeles headquarters to Nashville , Tenn.
64. Northrop Grumman by 2011 will relocate its Los Angeles H.Q. to the Washington , DC metro area. It's the last major aerospace company to leave Southern California , the birthplace of the aerospace industry.
65. One2Believe, a specialty religious-toy maker, left California for East Aurora , New York .
66. Patmont Motor Werks, Inc. (GoPed manufacturer), after being hit by California regulators for hundreds of thousands of dollars in small fines even though his company has a stellar safety record, moved to Nevada.
67. Paragon Relocation Resources moved from Rancho Santa Margarita to Irving , Texas .
68. Pixel Magic, headquartered in Toluca Lake , Calif. , ( Los Angeles metro area), is locating a studio in Lafayette , Louisiana , where it will create 40 new jobs between 2010 and 2013. The company, which provides digital effects for motion pictures and television, said the Louisiana people they were in contact with have an immediate understanding of technology and data handling.
69. Plastic Model Engineering, Inc., a custom plastic injection molder and mold manufacturer, moved from Sylmar , Calif. to the "Inland Northwest," notably Post Falls , Idaho .
70. Precor will stop manufacturing fitness machines in California and re-open in North Carolina .
71. Premier Inc., the largest healthcare alliance in the nation, will move its HQ from San Diego to Charlotte , involving an investment of $17.7 million and adding 300 jobs in North Carolina . The announcement was made Oct. 14, 2009.
72. Pro Cal of South Gate, in Los Angeles County , a unit of Myers Industries, expanded its Sparks , Nev. , operations to become the company's primary West Coast production and distribution facility. Pro Cal is a plastics manufacturer of nursery containers and a big recycler.
73. Race Track Chaplaincy of America started 2010 by shifting its headquarters from Los Angeles to Lexington , Kentucky . The non-profit group said it had wanted to relocate from the Hollywood Park Race Track for several reasons, one of which is the significant cost of doing business on the West Coast.
74. Red Truck Fire & Safety Company left Fresno for Minden , Nevada in 2007 because of California 's myriad fees and regulations that meant "death by thousand cuts."
75. SAIC will move its headquarters east, from San Diego to McLean, Virgina, which the Washington Post called "Another Coup for Area." The announcement was made Sept. 24, 2009; it is unclear how many employees will move east in 2009 and 2010.
76. Scale Computing, a data-storage developer and manufacturer, is leaving Silicon Valley for Indiana .
77. Schott Solar Inc. will close its sales and customer service office in Roseville and will relocate the office to Albuquerque , NM .
78. SimpleTech transferred its manufacturing work from Santa Ana to Asia more than a year ago.
79. Smiley Industries, an aerospace manufacturer, moved to Phoenix , where productivity improved.
80. Solaicx, based in the Silicon Valley, said in early 2010 that it will expand its manufacturing plant in Portland , Oregon . Solaicx received $18.2 million in federal tax credits as part of Washington 's efforts to advance green energy.
81. SolarWorld, a maker of solar technology founded in Camarillo , consolidated manufacturing in Oregon after that state offered property tax abatement and business energy tax credits. The company will employ about 1,000 in Oregon by 2011
82. Special Devices Inc. brought 250 jobs to Mesa , Arizona , from Moorpark , Calif.
83. StarKist headquarters is leaving San Francisco for Pittsburgh , Pa.
84. Stasis Engineering moved from Sonoma County to West Virginia , a "friendlier business climate."
85. Stata Corp., which specializes in data analysis and statistical software, moved from Santa Monica , California to College Station , Texas .
86. Tapmatic, a metalworking firm whose owners were "fed up with the onerous business environment," moved from Orange County , California to Post Falls in northern Idaho .
87. Teledesic moved to Washington state in anticipation of better capital gains.
88. Telmar Network Technology Inc. moved from Irvine to Plano , Texas , consolidating some 150 workers there.
89. Terremark postponed a Santa Clara project earlier this year to invest $50 million in a Culpeper, Va. project.
90. Terumo Cardiovascular Systems is moving R&D from OC to Ann Arbor , Michigan , involving 65 jobs and $3.5 million in investments.
91. Toyota will stop making cars in Fremont , will idle 4,700 workers, and move work to Canada and San Antonio , Texas .
92. True Games Interactive Inc. will its H.Q. from Irvine to Austin , Texas , where it expects to have about 60 workers by the middle of 2010.
93. TTM Technologies will leave L.A. & Hayward and move to other states and China to achieve big cost savings.
94. Twentieth Century Props of L.A. has gone out of business as film-making has moved to lower-cost states
95. Understand.com
96. US Airways is realigning operations and California is no longer considered part of its "core." The airline is closing its John Wayne Airport maintenance station and in early 2010 will redistribute the mechanics across its system.
97. US Press shifted work from Los Angeles and San Diego to Portland , "where union rules were almost rational."
98. USAA Insurance closed its 625-person Sacramento campus in favor of other states.
99. Yahoo opened a data center in Quincy , Washington , a community that now hopes to land high-tech manufacturing.
The list will grow as Sacramento considers more measures that will increase corporate taxes, increase workers' comp costs, increase regulatory reporting requirements (along with higher fines for minor infractions), increase gasoline and diesel-fuel taxes, increase water rates, increase electric-power rates, and increase assorted fees that will cause services to become more expensive.
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