TSPLOST Myth: “Georgia loses jobs to other states like North Carolina”

TSPLOST Myth: “Georgia loses jobs to other states like North Carolina”

By Political Vine

“Nobody wants to come here.  Companies definitely look at transportation and we have lost out because of our transportation challenges.”

PV has heard this claim by just about everyone on the pro-TSPLOST side, from the Governor to the cadre of Chamber of Commerce promoters, et al., and North Carolina is often cited as the state more likely to be able to woo a company that Georgia can due to our “traffic.”

Trouble is, while this may appear to be an easy premise to claim, it falls apart when real, objective data is examined.

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