Data Point - Small Business Friendliness (or is that friendless?) - Granite Grok

Data Point – Small Business Friendliness (or is that friendless?)

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“…Thumbtack, a website that matches customers to businesses, and the Kauffman Foundation, a think-tank, asks thousands of small businesses annually about local requirements for hiring, regulations, zoning, licenses, health insurance and training. They have enough data to compile (somewhat subjective) “business climate” grades for 38 states and 82 cities.

One surprising finding is how little local tax rates matter. Nearly two-thirds of respondents say they pay their “fair share” of taxes, which the survey-takers reckon means they don’t feel over- or undertaxed. But many complain about the difficulty of complying with complex regulations: this was a strong predictor of how small businesses rank their states.”

Are we seeing the difference between the success of those States enacting a more Free Market economy vs those that are more Crony Capitalistic?  And which way is NH (a B-)headed?

(H/T: Opportunity Lives)

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