Nov. 15, 2006: Index Ranks States According to Small Business Climate
WASHINGTON - The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) has released its 11th annual ranking of the states according to their public policy climates for small business in the "Small Business Survival Index 2006."
According to Raymond J. Keating, SBE Council chief economist and author of the study, "In politics, talk is cheap, and everybody talks about how much they love small business. The ‘Small Business Survival Index 2006' moves past the rhetoric to actually rank the states according to the policies implemented in terms of taxes, regulation, spending, and other governmental costs affecting the entrepreneurial sector of our economy."