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Kammy,

I'm glad your children had a positive experience with their counselors; counselors are subject to more accountability now. the cost of education skyrocketed when the Federal Government got involved; educational institutions know it isn't their money, so the tuition, fees, books, etc. skyrocketed; there'll be no easy answer to getting costs back under control- they're as addicted to Other People's money as the General Assembly.

Dan Elliot,

Kudos to you; in a manner of speaking RI's problem is RI- in the last 15 years, residents have been fleeing RI in droves. On average, about half of the people who load a moving van, U-Haul, etc. LEAVE THE STATE. Talent and skills leave because there are limited job opportunities, high taxes (with nothing to show for it) and the most generous free benefits to new arrivals who don't work on the tax rolls- residents see little or no return on their tax dollars. In 2005, the only State with more people leaving was Louisiana, and they'd just been hit by Katrina (Natural disaster was the only thing more devastating than RI's economy that year).

I made the decision to leave and left RI knowing that even if my new occupation didn't work out, I had skills to fall back on, my work ethic, a booming job market, high standard of living and lower cost of living, lower taxes, and no State income tax.

I believe that part of the problem is Rhode Islanders' xenophobia- they tend to believe that it's bad everywhere and many don't bother to research what's beyond their tiny borders.

Owning your own business is a lot of work- best of luck to you.