Statements about Small Business
"The Tax Foundation figures Rhode Island as the 10th highest state for state and local tax burden per capita in the country. We're the 6th worst in the country for the business tax index. We're the 3rd highest per capita in the country for all taxes."
"We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses."
The Obama administration has cut taxes on small businesses 17 times.
Virginia was named "best managed state, best state for business and best state to raise a child" while I was governor.
"The only segment in the beer market that is growing is the craft beer segment."
Says "legislation pending in the House would effectively limit or eliminate ‘time-and-a-half’ for people who work overtime."
Says Texas school districts are the fifth largest employers in the world.
"75 percent of the jobs created in the state of Ohio are created in small business. They are not created by huge corporations and those who are very wealthy."
Property tax exemptions can be granted to small businesses that move into Milwaukee County.
Wisconsin employers have repeatedly said in surveys that our anti-business litigation climate is one of the most important factors affecting their expansion decisions.
"Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled state legislature have added over $140 million in new special interest spending"
"Republican (small business tax cut) bill spends $80 million for better Google searches, not job creation"
In Wisconsin, 98 percent of all small businesses will qualify for income-tax relief under my plan, freeing them to expand and create jobs.
Wisconsin’s lawsuit rules are so anti-business that the state’s system is "one of the most promiscuous" in America.
Eliminating the state tax on health savings accounts will "make it easier for small business owners to provide health insurance to their employees."
Letting the Bush tax cuts expire would raise taxes on small businesses.
Small businesses that have "$250,000 in gross sales for the business. They're the ones that are looking at massive tax increases."
Company may close, "all because government essentially says if they don't hire a lifeguard to watch their workers, they can't stay open."
The new health care law crushes small businesses "with billions in penalties."
"In 2009, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council ranked Ohio 11th in the nation and 1st in the Midwest for overall business climate."
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