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Home-grown Entrepreneurs and Startups Create More Jobs than Tax Cuts Do

February 3, 2016 /

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To create jobs and build strong economies, states should focus on producing more home-grown entrepreneurs and on helping startups and young, fast-growing firms already located in the state to survive and to grow ― not on cutting taxes and trying to lure businesses from other states. That’s the conclusion from a new analysis of data about which businesses create jobs and where they create them.

by Michael Mazerov and Michael Leachman

Full Story: http://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/state-job-creation-strategies-often-off-base?utm_source=CBPP+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=152ce87a97-02_03_16JobCreation_General2_3_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ee3f6da374-152ce87a97-43398601

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Thanks to Susan Hay Patrick for sharing this article