A couple people tipped me off to this study that you can wave in the face of anyone who says Oregon is bad for business: Forbes magazine (which loves business. And money. And cigars.) named Oregon the sixth best state for business in the country.

That’s a jump from 10th place last year. Check out how Forbes does their ranking and note that determining what’s best for business isn’t just finding the state with the lowest taxes:

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8 replies on “Oregon: The 44th Worst State for Business!”

  2. Much as I agree with the conclusions, I’ve got to question how they end up with us being as low as 21st in the country for quality of life.

  3. @Stu, if you look at the chart, the footnote indicates they are comparing quality of life using an “index of schools, health, crime, cost of living and poverty rates” Which, when you consider the large number of people living in poverty and class room size, etc… somewhere better than half the sates seems about right.

  4. Cue Dave Lister and Jack Roberts trying to spin this to the detriment of those damn anti-business Democrats!

  6. Um, one problem. The reasons why it’s so great, looking at the chart is because of “labor supply” (ie, lots of over-qualified, unemployed people desperate for a job), “growth prospects” (ie, you’re doing shitty enough now that things can only get better), and quality of life (ie, Oregon’s got a great personality).

  7. Don’t know that it’s that big of a problem, extramsg. Our business cost ranking is 18th, which is the main argument the so-called “pro-business” types always make when trying to cut taxes. Looking at all of the categories, Oregon’s lowest ranking is in regulatory environment (34th). There are plenty of reasons for businesses to locate here, as they seem to be doing.

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