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California’s Carl’s Jr. Says So Long, Golden State
« on: March 12, 2016, 05:20:58 pm »
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States: To hear Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, you’d think that taxes can go up to 60% or even 80%, and businesses and investors will just … pay up. But the growing number of businesses stampeding out of high tax areas suggest that they’re very wrong.

We got more evidence of that this week when CKE Restaurants, the corporate parent of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. restaurants, announced that they are relocating to Nashville, Tennessee.

Hardee’s will move its headquarters from St. Louis, Missouri, to Nashville, Tennessee, one of America’s fastest growing states.

Oh, and did we mention that the state has no personal income tax?

Meanwhile, the Carl’s Jr. move puts more egg on the face of California and the political class in Sacramento. Hamburger fast food chain Carl’s Jr. was founded in California and for years has been headquartered in Carpinteria, California. The highest income tax rate in California is 13%, so moving to Tennessee, where the tax rate is zero, will save the company millions of dollars on taxes a year.

http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/californias-carls-jr-says-so-long-golden-state/




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Re: California’s Carl’s Jr. Says So Long, Golden State
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2016, 06:03:28 pm »
Feel the Bern.


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Re: California’s Carl’s Jr. Says So Long, Golden State
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2016, 02:29:03 am »
At least California won't be able to use taxes-as-terrorism to punish companies for leaving California.