I'm in NJ, listening to a radio station in NYC and just heard a spot

[no_hypocrisy]

telling businesses to move to Texas to avoid excessive income tax, regulations, and to keep "trial lawyers out of your pockets".

How friggin' blatant.

http://www.texaswideopenforbusiness.com/

[eShirl]

1. Indeed; "wide open for business?"

I was under the impression prostitution was still illegal there.

[Skidmore]

2. I've seen that ad here on

television in Iowa.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Those ads also run

On NJ12 and MSNBC.

[HappyMe]

4. I saw an ad like this on tv last night.

My husband and I looked at one another kind of in disbelief.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. A few questions:

!. Do Govs Christie, Malloy, and/or Cuomo take these commercial spots seriously?
a. If they don't, are they allowing businesses to leave their state without a fight?
b. If they do, what do they do about it?

2. If the govs take a stand, do they rebuke Rick Perry for his outright seduction of businesses in NJ/NY/CT?

3. Will businesses win either way by they move to Texas or they pressure the northern states to change their laws by rolling back regulations, limit tort lawsuits, lessen taxes on businesses to mimic Texas?

[kentuck]

6. There is an ad for Belize...

that says it is one of the last "tax havens" left. Move to Belize and get your tax haven.

[Populist_Prole]

7. About a dozen years ago I overheard a coworker's radio

It was one of those "money" stations: Financial advice, investing and all that other shit. This spot came on about investment opportunities in Asia, with the typical rapid-fire urgent "delivery" by some smug sounding jerk-off. My jaw hit the ground, I mean I was actually agape with shock when I heard this line: "....You can take advantage of the falling wages and...." in a cheerily exiting tone.

What made it all the more blatant was that this was during the 1990's back when all the politicians and pundits were busy pushing free-trade agreements and trying to soften up the public on how benign they are.