Someone had to be the icebreakers. Thankfully we can learn from their mistakes. Sometimes being 5-10 years behind can be an advantage - go Mississippi!Believe it when I see it. Here in Texas, they’re resource hogs.
OT: Interesting graphic on the economy
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I don’t know all the reasons. I think it has to do with income and unemployment taxes and whether the company already has an entity located in that state. I know when my company has denied people relocating to another state for remote work, those are some of the reasons given. It’s not specific to Mississippi. We’ve had people denied relocation to other states too. I think when you’re the first/only one in the state, it becomes more trouble than it’s worth.
I do believe we've successfully demonstrated 50-100 years behind is NOT an advantage.*
There's lies, damn lies, and statistics. Mississippi is on the bottom because that's where the "experts" believe it belongs, it's just a land mass between LA and AL. The state is running a budget surplus this year and last. College grads have been leaving the state since the 70s nothing new there. Those grads return to Mississippi and bring their home equity money with them as BoDawg says which helps the local economy.
Interesting. Had no idea of that ad.
Funny to see it since Altoona is an edge suburb, but objectively intertwined in the metro and not at all 'small town' like that commercial portrays.
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You're just being impatient. Let it play out for pete's sake.
I'd hope Moody's is focused on reasonable metrics, but this is true for probably 99% of rankings out there. My favorite is the ranking (can't remember by whom but it showed up in the NYT) that had abortion on demand as the highest weighted factor in determining a score for ranking on best states to raise a family. "Yea, maybe good schools, safety, or affordability is somewhat important, but what you really got to worry about for your kids is whether you have the option to kill them before they're born."** But tons of the lists are like that and highly weight whatever political pet peeve they have, whether it be abortion, progressive income tax, "climate change" policies or whatever.
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Sweet Potato Farmers seem to be doing alright. Maybe grow some crops besides soybeans and corn.
That's a good idea but can be hard when crop specific equipment costs $1M.
We need more electrician, plumbers and HVAC techs than about 50% of college majors.
You want to track these
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Baahh! No job is hard unless you have to do it!
Those spreads look pretty good atm. You can see a pronounced pop in April coincident with the Tariff announcements and subsequent market volatility.
Should have move to the coast, flights out of NOLA are much cheaper (or at least used to be)
They are. I have saved a lot of money over JAN on big trips, inclusive of parking and an extra night in NO of hotel to support early AM flights.
From personal experience, this can cost a young man a LOT
a real conservative!!
Didn't pearl pass an ordinance banning any more title loan and check cashing stores? I know that they have one of each for about every 3 people.
From things that I have read that may or may not be true, the 60 jobs and money may not be enough to offset the water and power issues that it will cause. Also it will supposedly add another 30-40 jobs when its up and operating but still have the same concerns.
Oh look, the 'we need more in the trades and away from colleges' argument that inevitably comes up.
@MagnoliaHunter - what are you sad faced about? The comment I responded to is not based on any actual data, its just feels and vibes. Go be sad about that. Go be sad that such a claim wont fix what the the claim was in response to.
Great hot take, just your specialty.**
or rice
Or cotton
Or wheat
So what would you like me to do?
Reading this thread, I see several mentions of "brain drain". But I also get the feeling that most posters live in Mississippi, and most specifically live in the Jackson area.
Maybe that should be a poll of where graduates (and board members in general) live now.
Maybe that should be a poll of where graduates (and board members in general) live now.
Its very easy to switch from growing rice to sweet potatoes. Its all farming**
I have a really good job, easy, no pressure, no labor, I make six figures. I get 20 hours of PTO each month. I can save and cumulate. They take really good care of their employees. It's a 20-billion-dollar company with an Open-door policy. If the door is open, no matter who, you can walk up, knock and go in and visit. Even the CEO. Benefits after benefits. I also have a define benefit plan and a define contribution plan. I am one lucky SOB. But I have to do the job.
Citing the fact that Louisiana had a better crop than Mississippi is a disingenuous fact. Why did she not take the time to research the percentage of Louisiana growers that have access to irrigation. Why do Mississippi farmers have only 15% irrigation? Is the weather in the northern part of these two states that dramatically different? She missed a good oportunity to paint the whole picture. But an iconic name for this journalist.
As far as weather goes Mississippi especially the northern part had a rough year. We started off extremely wet during planting season and then after mid June it stopped raining and got hot. This was our worst soybean crop since 2000 and it was not the year to have a bad crop on top of subpar prices. There’s going to be a lot of equipment auctions this winter around here I’m afraid.
The sweet potato guys in north central MS got hammered by it too and they use very little irrigation. In that area it’s very hard and very expensive to have access to irrigation. You’d have to drill hundreds and hundreds of feet to get to viable ground water at high volume.
The farm economy sucks right now and I don’t see it getting better.
This is a fantastic video by MSU extension that highlights what a lot of us are going through. I know many of these guys in this video personally for a long time.
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That's my cuz. He comes from a long line of sweet tater farmers, but I think he's the last one unfortunately.
Thanks for posting this. I don't envy any of y'all in that line of work, or rather lifestyle, but I'm damn sure glad y'all are doing it.
The CPI just came in at 2.7% for November. That was less than analysts target. Real estate prices are cooling and gas prices are cratering. Currently the national average for a gallon of 87 octane is $2.90. That's actually pretty incredible compared to how high everything else is gone.
It is based on factual data. There are tens of thousands of unfilled electrician, plumber, and HVAC jobs. There are tens of thousands of college graduates with useless degrees. You just have to argue with any post posted. You can't help it. We get it, you're just an argumentative idiot.
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