The prospect of San Francisco becoming corporate headquarters for Richard Branson's new Virgin USA airline has got local officials excited with the prospect of thousands of jobs. But first they'll have to convince the carrier that San Francisco is a friendly place to do business, no easy task.
According to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, excessive litigation against businesses has contributed to California's poor business climate. The governor's argument was recently buttressed by a U.S. Chamber of Commerce report that ranked California's legal system 46th out of the 50 states in terms of fairness to business.
Policymakers worried that outsourcing will harm the economy are misleading the public. Outsourcing creates as many jobs as it destroys while bringing consumers more services for lower prices.
Of the hundreds of research institutes in California's public university system, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has targeted just one for elimination: a think tank dedicated to organized labor.
