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NJBIA President & CEO Michele Siekerka is featured on NJ Spotlight News’ Chat Box with David Cruz this week, discussing NJBIA’s 2025 Business Outlook Survey, what businesses are hoping for in a new governor and takeaways from this week’s big Public Policy Forum.

When asked by Cruz if New Jersey was getting a lot back for its tax dollar, she said: “We do get return on investment. But the problem, David, is we’re paying a superpremium at this point.

“When you’re the highest taxe state that’s bad enough. But when you’re an extreme outlier, which is what we are. it’s (worse). That’s why se say every day that every dollar counts. Every new mandate, every new dollar that you’re going to impose on a business is a dollar they have to make up somewhere else.

“That’s why this year (in the Business Outlook Survey) we had a lot of companies that didn’t report a profit.”

To see the full Chatbox interview, click here.