False Claim: ‘California doesn’t make things any more’
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California is the largest manufacturing state — 14.5% of U.S. manufacturing GDP comes from California.
- California is #1 for manufacturing and #1 for high-tech
- California is home to 35,000 manufacturing firms that employ over 1.2 million Californians.
- California is the tentpole of the U.S. economy:
- Fourteen percent of the GDP of the United States comes from California.
- We are the largest manufacturing state.
- The next largest state is Texas, and we’re 41% bigger than Texas.
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No, Businesses are NOT fleeing California.
California has repeatedly, year over year, created substantially more new businesses than both Florida & Texas.
No, the $20 minimum wage for fast food workers did not damage the industry
Fast food employment increased for the first four months of the new minimum wage law going into effect.
No, California is NOT unfriendly to business
California is home to the most Fortune 500 companies, and the most Inc 5000 companies, and #1 for new business starts, #1 for access to venture capital funding.