In a political era when "success stories" are all too rare, Massachusetts shines as a remarkable counter-example. Once denigrated as "Taxachusetts" and infamous as a high-tax, Big Government beachhead, Massachusetts recently ate Connecticut's lunch (and breakfast, and dinner) by attracting its foremost corporate citizen, General Electric, to Boston.
Connecticut has much to learn from its northern neighbor's burgeoning prosperity. For now, however, it seems mired in the outdated public policies
In a political era when "success stories" are all too rare, Massachusetts shines as a remarkable counter-example. Once denigrated as "Taxachusetts" and infamous as a high-tax, Big Government beachhead, Massachusetts recently ate Connecticut's lunch (and breakfast, and dinner) by attracting its foremost corporate citizen, General Electric, to Boston.
Connecticut has much to learn from its northern neighbor's burgeoning prosperity. For now, however, it seems mired in the outdated public policies…