Originally Posted by
proletariatav8r
pokey9554,
You are correct. Companies are "based" in NV, the same way other companies are "based" in the Bahamas or Switzerland. So they may have an office, or a PO box, but major operations that employ thousands of people? Not happening in NV. I'm not knocking the state or the people there at all. Just pointing out that the policy of low taxes and loose regulation doesn't translate to a burgeoning economy. And that there is a perception that there is an under-educated work force there that scares companies away who want to hire a skilled work force.
I know this is starting to tread on some seriously thin ice and this thread could be locked soon. Hope it stays civil and doesn't though.
Care to splain why Texas or Utah do not have the problems you associate with Nevada? They spend even less on education than Nevada and do alright. Can you really claim, with a straight face, that an ignorant workforce is one of Nevada's problems? Can't you really think of any reason that Nevada might be struggling? When your entire economy is based on tourism and the worlds economy has been in the tank since 2008 what does per student spending have to do with anything?