“Banks start to make more loans” That was the heading of a New York Times Dealbook story today. But if you’re in the market for a small business loan or line of credit, don’t get your hopes up. According to the story, “Loan growth is still modest. And it remains heavily weighted toward the strongest […]
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By Nate Libby, Special to the BDN Posted Oct. 04, 2011, at 5:41 p.m. Small-business owners know what’s happening in our communities because we serve and employ the workers who make our local economies thrive. Here in Maine, where the majority of workers either own or work for a small business, the perspective of small-business owners could be
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What federal regulations have been enacted in the last three years that have been documented to have killed jobs? That was the question I asked a Washington Post reporter yesterday when she called. She was doing a story on the U.S. Chamber’s complaint about “job-killing” regulations. In response to my question she said that all she
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Why aren’t conservatives complaining about this South Carolina insurance law? By Eliot Spitzer Slate Sept. 30, 2011 The “individual mandate” in President Obama’s Affordable Care Act has provoked incredible enthusiasm among the act’s supporters and towering rage in its opponents. The obligation either to purchase insurance or to pay a fine whose proceeds would be
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This past June the Haley Administration convinced Republicans in the South Carolina General Assembly to include a provision in an immigration reform bill that would mandate every business in the state to use E-Verify before hiring any worker. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber and some other business organizations strongly opposed the E-Verify mandate and
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In last night’s GOP Presidential debate the moderator from Politico asked Michele Bachmann to identify one specific regulation that negatively affected her small business or any small business. Not missing a beat she said Obamacare, the most hated governmental program according to the Republican contenders. Bachmann said that the Affordable Care Act (the actual name
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Below is the text of my presentation to the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission public hearing today.—————————————————————————- We appreciate the opportunity to be heard on the issue of “Maximum Allowable Payments to Medical Practitioners”. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce is a 5000 plus member advocacy organization. We have a long history of
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Special interests in the medical field are trying to convince the S.C. Workers’ Compensation Commission to change a regulation that will result in tens of millions of additional costs to the system. The result will be significant premium increases for small businesses. My letter below gives the details about the changes sought in the regulation
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The S.C. House voted 69 to 43 along party lines with one exception yesterday to force every small business in the state to only use E-Verify when hiring a worker to prove immigration status. Starting in 2012, regardless of a small business’s ability to access the internet, employers in the state are now required to
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Today the message below from the Small Business Chamber will be given to House members before they debate whether to concur or non-concur with the Senate’s mandatory E-Verify amendment to S.20, immigration reform. A non-concur vote would send the bill to a conference committee to work out the difference between the House and Senate versions.——————————————————————————————————- Top 8 Reasons
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