Connecticut’s State Business Tax Climate is one of the worst in the nation according to a new ranking by the Tax Foundation. The Washington, D.C.- based think tank rated CT’s business tax climate as #42 in the nation for 2014. The Tax Foundation study is based on a comparison of ...
EAST HARTFORD – The new study by Arthur Laffer and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is the latest independent assessment reaching the same conclusion: Connecticut’s economy is among the very worst in the nation. In the annual “Rich States, Poor States” study, Connecticut ranks 46th in the nation in ...
EAST HARTFORD – Today is Tax Freedom Day in Connecticut, the day on which Connecticut residents finally stop working for the government and start working for themselves. Connecticut has the latest Tax Freedom Day of any state in the country, as calculated by the Tax Foundation. Nationally, Tax Freedom Day ...
It turns out that rising taxes and non-existent growth are not desirable traits for business. CEO Magazine, a trade magazine for business leaders, ranked Connecticut the 45th best (?) state for business in 2013. Texas was the top ranked state for the second year in a row while New Jersey, ...
EAST HARTFORD – Connecticut has compiled a disgraceful list of lasts in recent years, as the Yankee Institute highlighted on Wednesday this week with a full page advertisement in several major CT newspapers. Yankee Institute Executive Director Fergus Cullen said,” Now is the time to lower spending and adopt pro-growth ...
EAST HARTFORD – The Yankee Institute for Public Policy purchased a full page advertisement (PDF) in four Connecticut newspapers today to highlight the disgraceful list of lasts Connecticut has compiled in recent years. “We aren’t just doing worse than average,” said Fergus Cullen, the Yankee Institute’s Executive Director. “We are ...