Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State

Chief Executive Magazine , a publication read by national and international Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of major and minor firms, has just released its list of best and worst places to do business in the United States. Connecticut ranks four spots from last on the list. Three comments from CEOs were far from reassuring: “A difficult tax structure like the ones in New York or Connecticut makes incentive-giving easy, but penalizes existing businesses,” said one. “The climate for coming is better than the climate for staying.”