The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) has taken a leadership role in assuring that the state civil courts are free of frivolous lawsuits, legal proceedings are less costly and small businesses maintain their rights to protect themselves against big business. The SCSBCC has successfully supported legislation to: require state courts to inform […]
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The statewide small business forums held by the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of commerce (SCSBCC) in 2000 identified workforce development and job creation as a top issues for small businesses. South Carolina did not have then and still lacks adequate numbers of well-trained, technically skilled workers for small businesses to grow and develop. A
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The Hill’s Congressional BlogOctober 17, 2012 By Frank Knapp, Jr., president and CEO, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce One of the highlights of last night’s presidential debate was moderator Candy Crowley’s real-time fact-checking about when President Barrack Obama first used the word “terror” in reference to the murders in Benghazi. We needed such
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Greenville OnLine.comOct 12, 2012 Written by Rhonda Abrams– Gannett During election season, everyone loves small business. President Barack Obama loves small business. GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney loves small business. During the first debate, they mentioned the words “small business” 25 times. But where do the candidates stand on small-business issues? Of course, small
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I have to admit that I was envious when Mitt Romney cited the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) twice during last week’s Presidential debate. The small-business pretender organization was effectively used by Mr. Romney to give credibility to his argument that allowing the tax rates on households with over $250,000 in income would cause
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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 toxic air pollution, stop climate
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Published August 15, 2012 BY DAN COOK You’re a well intentioned, discerning person, so you probably know about the BuySC campaign that encourages consumers to spend their money at locally owned businesses. Well, there’s a growing body of academic research showing that shopping locally is beneficial for communities, and a recent article at livingeconomies.org surveys
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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 campaign recently launched by the
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Editorial – Letters, The State The S.C. director of the National Federation of Independent Business continues his organization’s misleading information campaign about the new health-care law (“Replace health law with reforms that work,” Friday). As the president and CEO of the 5,000-member S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce and vice chair of the 150,000-member American
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July 24, 2012 To be filed under “deliberate obfuscation of tax cuts on the wealthy and the health of the American middle class”: Josh Harkinson of Mother Jones reported this past Monday on who the National Federation of Independent Businesses really represents. Surprise, surprise — it turns out they are neither nonpartisan nor do they
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