[meyer]

“With our budget deficits, the fact that our population is declining and the fact that we know our tax and cost structure is not competitive, Rhode Island needs to reinvent itself. This is not the time for piecemeal answers.”

Time to cut taxes, it seems.

It appears, at least as inferred in the article, that Rhode Island is a high-cost state with little to offer.

[heylady]

"It appears, at least as inferred in the article, that Rhode Island is a high-cost state with little to offer."

In defense of RI..The beaches are great. The restaurants are some of the best in the country. Federal Hill is a little slice of Italy that is well worth the visit and the bakeries are the best in the world. I have to send pastry to my children who unfortunately had to moved to Tx and Hawaii for better jobs. My son tried to stay in the NE area and took a job in Conn. He loved it there but the cost of living was killing him. He sold his cape in Conn and bought a mansion in Texas. I have 4 children and 3 have moved out of state.