STUART: I LOVE THIS STORY.
YOU KNOW ABOUT NEW YORK HEAVILY
RESTRICTED.
HOW ABOUT OKLAHOMA?
WIDE OPEN AND THAT STATE HAS A
$1.2 BILLION SURPLUS.
LOOK WHO IS HERE.
THE GOVERNOR OF THAT STATE IS A
REPUBLICAN AND JOINS US NOW.
I TAKE IT THIS IS BECAUSE YOU
OPENED UP.
THAT IS HOW YOU GOT THE
SURPLUS.
DID YOU GET A SPIKE IN NEW CASES.
>> IF YOU HAD TAKEN A BALANCED
APPROACH, MY GOAL IS GOVERNOR,
A TOP 10 PLACE FOR BUSINESS, IN
THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, WE
KNEW WE COULDN’T MAKE A DECISION BASED ON ONE ISOLATED
SET OF FACTS. AND AND AND IN JUNE 1ST LAST
YEAR, 90% HOSPITALIZATION DOWN,
STUART: HOW MANY NEW BUSINESSES
HAVE YOU ATTRACTED?
GIVE ME A NUMBER.
>> WE HAVE COMPANIES FROM
CALIFORNIA, HIGH TAXED STATES.
SCHOOLS ARE SHUTDOWN.
WE HAVE PARENTS, WANTING TO
MOVE TO A STATE LIKE OKLAHOMA
OPEN FOR BUSINESS, SCHOOLS ARE
OPEN.
HUNDREDS OF COMPANIES ARE
CALLING AND REACHING OUT, WE
NEVER HAD MORE APPETITE TO MOVE
TO OKLAHOMA.
STUART: YOU SHOULD GET MORE
PUBLICITY, FLORIDA GETS AN
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PUBLICITY
THEY ARE GETTING ALL THE NEW
YORKERS GETTING DOWN THERE.
WE SHOULD GET MORE PUBLICITY, I
WANT TO ASK ABOUT TULSA.
I UNDERSTAND TULSA, THE CITY,
IS PAYING REMOTE WORKERS,
10,$000 TO MOVE TO TULSA FOR
JUST ONE YEAR.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE CASHING IN ON THE OFFER?
>> WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF
APPLICATIONS AND THAT STARTED
SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
BECAUSE OF COVID AND REMOTE
WORKING IT IS A FANTASTIC
PROGRAM, WE ARE A VERY FLAT
ORGANIZATION, 4 MILLION PEOPLE
IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. WE ARE GETTING THOSE FOLKS
PLUGGED IN TO THE STATE
GOVERNMENT, THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT HAVING GRADING CUBE
A WHERE THEY ARE PLUGGED IN
WITH OTHER LIKE-MINDED
ENTREPRENEURS.
A GREAT SUCCESS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT LEGISLATION
TO DO A PAPER SUCCESS PROGRAM
TO REPLENISH THE FOUNDATION
THAT SPONSORS THAT PROGRAM.
STUART: HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR
STATE, TAXPAYERS IN YOUR STATE
SHOULD BE ACTIVELY BAILING OUT
THE BADLY MANAGED STATE OF NEW
YORK, NEW JERSEY, ILLINOIS, AND
ALL THAT.
YOU DON’T THINK OF THAT?
>> I’M IN ON THE CALL WITH THE
COLLEAGUES, THAT IS A BAILOUT
FOR THE LIBERAL STATES.
STATES THAT PUNISHES OKLAHOMA,
STATES THAT FULLY REOPENED.
STATES LIKE NEW YORK THAT HAVE
SCHOOLS OR BUSINESSES CLOSED
DOWN, CLOSE TO A YEAR NOW.
NEW YORK HAS A $10 BILLION
BUDGET DEFICIT.
OKLAHOMA WITH A MUCH SMALLER
BUDGET THAN NEW YORK, WE HAVE $1.6 BILLION SURPLUS, LOW
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE OF
OKLAHOMA, WE DEALT WITH THE
SAME SET OF FACTS OF EVERYBODY
ELSE IN THIS COVID PANDEMIC,
WHICH IS TO KEEP OUR BUSINESSES
OPEN SAFELY, KEEP KIDS BACK IN
SCHOOL SAFELY AS WELL AS
PROTECT THE HEALTH AND LIVES OF