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Investors Business Daily reports: “CKE Restaurants (Carl Karcher Enterprises), the corporate parent of Hardeeâ€
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It adds, however, that “company executives say this with a wink. Tax savings are a big factor, as is the stifling regulatory environment on the left coast, where businesses are treated like villains and rich people as cash dispensers for big government programs.â€
CKE is following in the footsteps of something close to 9,000 other companies that have expanded elsewhere or pulled up stakes altogether since 2008, according to a 2016 Breitbart News analysis of a report by Spectrum Location Solutions (VLS), a site selection service for companies.
Tennessee is one of several states aggressively recruiting California companies with generous incentives including free or heavily subsidized real estate, expedited project approvals, and low or no state income tax.  If California continues its current course — and there is no indication of any course correction — more California companies will be tempted to relocate to friendlier climes.
In spite of making noise in Sacramento about addressing Californiaâ€
One of the most disturbing sections in Spectrumâ€
“California is considering imposing a broad set of taxes on businesses in 2016 and 2017 — a ‘tsunamiâ€
The only real question remaining is: which California company will be next to leave.
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