By Patrick Clark
Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 29, 2014
President Obama mentioned small business three times in his State of the Union Address last night, touting his administration’s record of promoting small business lending and calling for better tools to help business owners sell in foreign markets. He also sent a shout out to John Soranno, a Minneapolis pizzeria owner who recently gave employees a raise to $10 an hour. To judge by the response of small business advocacy groups, that wasn’t enough. ...
Chicago-area caterer David Borris from the left-leaning Main Street Alliance said raising the minimum wage would put more money in the hands of his customers. David Levine, chief executive of the American Sustainable Business Council, applauded the president’s call to close corporate tax loopholes. ...
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