regulations

7/24/15 Newsletter: Regulations, Sea Level Rise, Internships & More

Regulations SBA Administrator, Maria Contreras-Sweet, has appointed South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Frank Knapp as Chair of the Region IV Regulatory Fairness Board of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Regulatory Fairness Board is an uncompensated body that has a representative from each state that…

Debunking the “job-killing regulations” myth

Job-killing regulations.  How many times have we heard this rhetoric from big businesses opposing new regulations while pretending that they are concerned about small businesses?  Yet polls of small business owners find that most understand the need for regulations.   I outlined the results of one of these recent polls in…

When it comes to predicting the impact of EPA rules, we can’t trust the utility companies

Seven times either I or the SC Small Business Chamber has intervened in rate hearings for SCE&G and Duke Energy.  Seven times the public was told that these power companies had to have every penny of their rate hike proposal or their world would come to an end.  Seven times…

Recipe of obstruction

As the party conventions roll out this week and next, big business and its lobbying organizations like the Business Roundtable will be making big political donations and entertaining the influential in style.  Their collective message, says Donald Cohen, will be about “the ‘burden’ and ‘uncertainty’ of government action to remove…

Tidal wave of lies

There are three main things holding the small businesses back in North Carolina, says Gregg Thompson the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in that state.  “One is regulations, one is health care and one is taxes.” Mr. Thompson’s comments were part of a nine-state “Stop the Tidal Wave” anti-regulations…

National Poll Shows Bipartisan Support For Stronger Protections From Toxic Chemicals

WASHINGTON, DC (July 19, 2012) – A nationwide poll and four separate, statewide polls found similar strong support for bolstering protections against toxic chemicals. By overwhelming bipartisan margins, Americans support strengthening the 35-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), according to new polls released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC),…

Congressional field hearing yields real small business issues

South Carolina Congressman Mick Mulvaney held a field hearing in Rock Hill, SC, yesterday titled “Caught Up in Red Tape: The Impact of Federal Regulations on Small Businesses and Contractors”.  Mr. Mulvaney is the Chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce. I wasn’t able to attend the…