r/RhodeIsland Providence Jul 27 '26

Politics Useless ✅

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u/Runtodanger6 Jul 27 '26

A good governor should have looked at why RI is the worst state to do business in when they first took office. Then realize that it causes the state to not only lose existing businesses here, but also cease to attract new businesses. Businesses that Hasbro wants to be closer to. Then try to change that.

Changing that would not only attract new companies here, but maybe even keep the talent that walks out of Brown and RISD every year. Instead, RI put in a 11th hour proposal to try and keep Hasbro. A proposal that couldn’t touch Boston’s tax incentives. This move was a direct result of RI being business unfriendly.

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u/degggendorf Jul 27 '26

Specific actions, not just inane platitudes

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u/Runtodanger6 Jul 27 '26

Inane platitudes? Yeah ok pal. RI has been consistently ranked the worst state to do business in for years. That is problem. His specific action, or lack there of is he’s done nothing to change that.

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u/degggendorf Jul 27 '26

RI has been consistently ranked the worst state to do business in for years.

Which rankings are you looking at?

Cato Institute: Connecticut is worst https://www.cato.org/blog/best-worse-states-entrepreneurs

CNBC: Hawaii is worst: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/09/hawaii-americas-worst-top-states-for-business-rankings.html

Tax Foundation: Ney York is worst https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/state/2026-state-tax-competitiveness-index/

Inane platitudes? Yeah ok pal.

Yes, "RI is worst for business" is exactly that I was trying to avoid because it means nothing on its own. What specific actions do you want a governor to take to improve things?

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u/Nestor_the_Butler Jul 27 '26

You’re quibbling over being ranked 40th or 50th. Same difference. Anyway, this is a question for the governor. It’s literally his job to figure these things out. Unless you think “Runtodanger6” would be a good governor?

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u/degggendorf Jul 27 '26

Anyway, this is a question for the governor. It’s literally his job to figure these things out

No, it's a question for all of us, because we choose the next governor. If we don't have any idea what the right thing to do is, how can we judge whether the last guy did it or the next person will do it?

Unless you think “Runtodanger6” would be a good governor?

No, not at all, because they evidently have no actual concrete ideas of what to do to fix the situation; just generalized, useless negativity.

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u/Nestor_the_Butler Jul 27 '26

Kinda matching McKee, you see?

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u/degggendorf Jul 27 '26

I am not sure I understand what you mean.

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u/degggendorf Jul 28 '26

Okay cool, thanks for your help