Stifling Small Business
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Anyone still wondering why job growth in the Empire State is lagging the national average need look no further than a survey published yesterday by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council. New York ranks an embarrassing 44th in the nation in a comparison of small-business-friendly policies on the Washington-based council’s Small Business Survival Index 2005. New Yorkers would be better off setting up shop in South Dakota, Nevada, or Wyoming, the top three on the list. Wal-Mart isn’t the only employer feeling unwelcome in New York.
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