The New Adventures of Jean Nicolet passes on the results of the latest Nicolet Bank Business Pulse survey of business CEOs (unconventional punctuation and formatting Jean’s):

CEOs will create jobs if 2 policies are enacted: Wham Bam DONE! Next Problem, please…

The Nicolet Bank Business Pulse is a quarterly study of CEOs & Business Owners up on the Frozen Tundra – around Green Bay, Wi. The Q4/2011 Study focused like a laser on JOBS!

56% of CEOs and Business Owners said, 1.) “Reducing government regulation would have a Major Impact on job creation.” 24% of the CEOs said it would have a Moderate Impact.

47% said, 2.) “Reducing corporate taxes to 25% – or less – would have a Major Impact on job creation.”
31% of CEOs said, a Moderate Impact.

These are the TOP 2 policy changes CEOs said they would like to see if you would like to see more jobs. [DUH!]

Notice in the chart …

… the margin between the first two options and the other options. (Options three and four can be dealt with by modifying option two to reduce the corporate income tax by 100 percent.)

Based on the questions, this survey was mostly about what can be done for business at the federal level. But the state also assesses corporate income taxes. And every business owner knows that this state is a regulation hell in addition to a tax hell.

Business-friendly government policy is a foreign concept in Wisconsin, of course. That explains why Wisconsin’s business climate rankings are as bad as they traditionally are, and why the state trails in business health measures such as per capita personal income growth, business startups and incorporations, and venture capital investment. If you don’t like the current state job numbers, this survey should tell you that the Walker administration hasn’t done enough.