Eggs Being Rationed In Texas; GE May Move Corporate Headquarters Out Of Connecticut Due To High Taxes -- June 5, 2015

HEB is "our" grocery store chain in Texas. The Washington Post is reporting:

In recent days, an ominous sign has appeared throughout Texas. 

"Eggs [are] not for commercial sale," read warnings, printed on traditional 8 1/2-by-11-inch pieces of white paper and posted at H-E-B grocery stores across Texas. "The purchase of eggs is limited to 3 cartons of eggs per customer."

H-E-B, which operates some 350 supermarkets, is one of the largest chains not only in the state, but in the whole country. And it has begun, as the casual but foreboding notices warn, to ration its eggs.

"The United States is facing a temporary disruption in the supply of eggs due to the Avian Flu," a statement released on Thursday said. "H-E-B is committed to ensuring Texas families and households have access to eggs. The signs placed on our shelves last week are to deter commercial users from buying eggs in bulk."

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Voting With Their Feet

Back on February 9, 2015, we talked about the high taxes on individuals in Connecticut. It looks like Connecticut is at it again, raising taxes so high on corporations, that GE is exploring plans to move their corporate headquarters out of state.

Sioux Falls, SD, is inviting.

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North Dakota Maintains Housing Record Begun In 2010

The AP is reporting:

North Dakota built new housing at a faster clip than any other state from 2010 through last summer, as people flooded the state in search of work in the booming oil patch.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s latest annual estimate shows North Dakota’s housing growth rate far outpaced any other state’s in the year leading up to last July 1, continuing a longer trend dating back to the last 10-year Census in 2010.

The state’s 3 percent growth in housing units from mid-2013 through mid-2014 was well ahead of Utah’s 1.4 percent, which ranked second, according to the new report. From 2010 through mid-2014, North Dakota’s housing units grew by 10.4 percent, far exceeding second-place Texas’ 4.5 percent.

Among U.S. counties with at least 5,000 housing units, Williams County in the heart of the North Dakota oil patch had the fastest growth rate from mid-2013 through mid-2014, at 11.6 percent.