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Forrester Fact Check

by: Media In Trouble

Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 02:15:54 PM EST



(Bump - I keep forgetting there is this little check box I need to click on. - promoted by Media In Trouble)

The Bergen Record recently interviewed Doug Forrester during which he said this:
I'm saying at least for four years that we're not going to increase taxes in New Jersey because we can't. And the reason we can't is because the state has to send that signal to the business community and the people who are leaving New Jersey.

There is a very serious problem with regard to the business climate. You know we're ranked 44th in terms of business competitiveness. New businesses, most of those started by women, fail at twice the national average. We've got a distinctly inhospitable environment for small businesses, 45th in the nation.

Hmmff... Not according to Entrepreneur magazine. They recently ranked NJ as the #2 hotspot for starting a small business (also graphic here).

So Doug, where are you getting your numbers?

I wonder how the Bergen Record feels about endorsing a liar.

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