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Firms fault Jersey business climate

The Star Ledger reports on results of the survey, done for the New Jersey Business & Industry Association advocating many changes to Jersey’s regulations and taxes.

Of the 278 business executives polled and interviewed last fall, only 23 percent say New Jersey is doing a good or excellent job of making New Jersey affordable. The skill level of the state’s work force got high marks from 51 percent, while less than one-third percent approve of the state’s energy and health care affordability and overall tax structure. Less than half are satisfied with New Jersey’s transportation infrastructure and its labor and environmental policies.