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[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates thanks for the interest and the questions.

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates 2 b our best we first need to do better and we can! #8factors

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates ...and before you can have success you must have opportunity and risk taking.

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates Both are essential. Diversity's key. Market can help find right mix if policies aren’t tilted 2 favor haves & raise bars.

[JR @gatherum_john]

@Norrrah I see particular places that have different pieces of the puzzle in place but very few which hit all 8 and balance em just right.

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates Success = resources which spur job creation #8factors

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates Efficiency lowers costs & better uses resources. You have to be efficient to succeed.

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates Sectors, industries & firms shielded from competition lose edge and lose out; so does society #8factors

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates Open markets hone competitive edge. #8factors

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates I say 3.5 & trending downward. Not simply in relation to other countries, but compared to what we are capable of #8factors

[JR @gatherum_john]

@AbramOlmstead Competition is inclusive & drives excellence. Brings out our best. One thing about a good race--everyone is moving forward

[JR @gatherum_john]

@SmithErinC @NCF_Updates My def would be what drives the engine of productivity and prosperity.

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates Vital. In an innovation & tech-based global economy skills r the engine! econ & society r only as good as our people #8factors

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates what they have always been: love of risk taking, creating, and problem solving enabled by freedom

[JR @gatherum_john]

@AbramOlmstead 2 generate jobs, remain prosperous, and meet the challenges and opps presented by the global economy

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates Innovation! If you can’t create products & services people need then rest is moot. Innovation encompasses all other #8factors

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates We're vying to foster enterprise at home & in a global market. Success is a function of environment & capabilities #8factors

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates #Competitiveness = environment good for creating things people need; attracts investment, entrepreneurs & jobs #8factors

[JR @gatherum_john]

@NCF_Updates It looks at the #8factors job creators consider when deciding where to invest, grow + hire, then at how USA is faring in each

[JR @gatherum_john]

@michael_hendrix thx for your tweet.