There's no excuse for Connecticut being at the bottom of any business list. It's lovely, smart and prosperous. It's in the top ranks in college graduates per capita, incomes and state spending on schools. It has world-class universities, Tony-winning theaters, sublime museums, bucolic beauty.
Yet in the past 20 years, according to the University of Connecticut's Center for Economic Analysis, this state has seen "perhaps the poorest job creation among all 50 states." CEOs surveyed by ChiefExecutive.net rated the cost of doing business here third worst of all states.
The dire state of the state's finances, its budget probably billions of dollars in the hole over the next few years, will surely mean new and higher fees and the sacrifice of some of the corporate tax credits that bring jobs here. The business community, like everyone else, has to do its part to get Connecticut through this crisis.
Original Article: State: Toward A Better Business Climate - Courant.com
