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	<title>Comments on: Maybe this will finally settle it</title>
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		<title>By: Tarchilles</title>
		<link>http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/18/maybe-this-will-finally-settle-it/comment-page-1/#comment-32817</link>
		<dc:creator>Tarchilles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is an interesting contrast between the states preferred b y CEOs and the states with the highest quality of life for their citizens.

The Top 5 states for business have an average Quality of Life Ranking of 34.

The Worst 5 states for business have an average Quality of Life Ranking of 9.

Question arises: whom does the government and the economy consider a higher priority? Is it benefitting businesses or benefitting citizens?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is an interesting contrast between the states preferred b y CEOs and the states with the highest quality of life for their citizens.</p>
<p>The Top 5 states for business have an average Quality of Life Ranking of 34.</p>
<p>The Worst 5 states for business have an average Quality of Life Ranking of 9.</p>
<p>Question arises: whom does the government and the economy consider a higher priority? Is it benefitting businesses or benefitting citizens?</p>
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		<title>By: Tarchilles</title>
		<link>http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/18/maybe-this-will-finally-settle-it/comment-page-1/#comment-32816</link>
		<dc:creator>Tarchilles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is an interestig contrast between the states preferred b y CEOs and the states with the highest quality of life for their citizens.

The Top 5 states for business have an average Quality of Life Ranking of 34.

The Worst 5 states for business have an average Quality of Life Ranking of 9.

Question arises: whom does the government and the economy consider a higher priority? Is it benefitting businesses or benefitting citizens?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is an interestig contrast between the states preferred b y CEOs and the states with the highest quality of life for their citizens.</p>
<p>The Top 5 states for business have an average Quality of Life Ranking of 34.</p>
<p>The Worst 5 states for business have an average Quality of Life Ranking of 9.</p>
<p>Question arises: whom does the government and the economy consider a higher priority? Is it benefitting businesses or benefitting citizens?</p>
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		<title>By: IBXer</title>
		<link>http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/18/maybe-this-will-finally-settle-it/comment-page-1/#comment-32806</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not to mention that if NC looses its right to work status, our ranking as a desirable place to conduct business will plumet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not to mention that if NC looses its right to work status, our ranking as a desirable place to conduct business will plumet.</p>
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		<title>By: IBXer</title>
		<link>http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/18/maybe-this-will-finally-settle-it/comment-page-1/#comment-32805</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Have you not noticed that the economy is being strangled in vitually every state in the union?  To suggest that our taxes and regulations aren&#039;t as punitive as other states is justification for making our taxes and regulation more punitive is insanity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you not noticed that the economy is being strangled in vitually every state in the union?  To suggest that our taxes and regulations aren&#8217;t as punitive as other states is justification for making our taxes and regulation more punitive is insanity.</p>
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