Haley Barbour on Government Reform Republican MS Governor

Tort reform led to 41,000 new jobs

I can tell you, Toyota would not have located in Mississippi if we hadn�t passed tort reform. Four years ago Mississippi had lost more than 38,000 jobs under the Musgrove Administration. Our state had lost 22% of its manufacturing jobs during those four years--the worst in the nation.

Because of tort reform, revamped job training, reformed economic development programs and closer cooperation between state and local leaders, in this administration there has been a net increase of more than 41,000 jobs. Today more people are working in Mississippi than at any other time in our state�s history.