Maine Continues as one of Toughest Places to Run a small business, says Survey
The recent publication Small Business Survival Index - a cold numerical ranking of countries such as the comparison on a number of issues - what he always said: Maine is one of the harshest places across the country, around a small business.
Out of 50 states and Washington, DC, Maine 48 ranking. Only small businesses in Minnesota, Hawaii and the District of Columbia raueres face a climate conducive to business, after the 2003 report.
“The big negatives are very high rates of personal taxation, transfer of profits taxes are high and are Corporate taxes - it’s bread and butter product,” said Raymond Keating, chief economist of the Small Business Survival Committee, small independent - Business-Advocacy - Group supports the free market and free enterprise of public order.
Maine, near the bottom of his report during the last eight years.
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