Jobs For Connecticut Now

In today’s CT Confidential, Rick Green blogs about the business climate in Connecticut, and laments that the cost of living in the state is driving people away.  Finding “revenue” with new taxes isn’t going to do anything to solve our state’s problems, and in striving to make Connecticut a better place to run a business, the effort shouldn’t start with a call to raise taxes.

Green attended a forum on housing and the economy in Hartford yesterday, sponsored by the Partnership for Strong Communities, a group working to build partnerships between nonprofit housing groups and the business community.  The event was also attended by two gubernatorial candidates — Mary Glassman and Oz Griebel.  Most notably, several business voices in Connecticut lamented the state’s loss of jobs, educated workers and investment.

Connecticut should be working to create a business environment that will foster growth, development and investment in new business, a good first step on the road to economic recovery. 

The full post is available here.