[King_Corey]

No surprises, Democrat run and controlled states rank at the bottom. States that cut taxes and reform are doing better or best.

[IronJack]

And Minnesota just passed an onerous minimum wage increase. Way to choke the economy, Guv!

[who knows what evil?]

Oh, no! The great libertarian paradise of the ‘Free State Project’ (stoners) Red Hampshire down at #32...whatever will they do?

[puppypusher]

I always knew that Connecticut sucked with spending for the Parasite class.But unfortunately it’s only going to get worse.

Time to leave this crap hole.It won’t happen soon enough.

[Lake Living]

“States with no or low personal and corporate income taxes, less spending and right-to-work laws were most likely to have a better economic outlook than states with high income taxes. In fact, over the last ten years, the nine states with the lowest income tax rates have outperformed the nine states with the highest income taxes in population, job growth, and even revenue growth.” Sounds like pretty common sense stuff to me. No surprise for the bottom 10.

[RegulatorCountry]

Especially notable are the major improvements in economic outlook for North Carolina, Indiana and Michigan. North Carolina’s monumental tax overhaul last year propelled the state to rank 6th in the nation for economic outlook, compared to 22nd last year. Indiana is a similar success story, and thanks to major pro-growth tax changes, Indiana went from ranking 24th in the nation in 2012 to 14th in 2013, and finally to 3rd best economic outlook rank for this edition.

Michigan is a state that has long struggled to achieve economic growth, but with lawmakers passing competitive labor and tax reforms, Michigan went from 20th last year to 12th this year in overall economic outlook.