By J.D. Harrison
Washington Post, January 2, 2015
... On Small Business asked entrepreneurs and small employers from around the country to share with us the one headline they would most like to see coming out of the nation’s capital this year, be it from Congress, the White House, the Small Business Administration, or any other corner of Washington. Here’s what they had to say. ...
Paul Saginaw, co-owner and founding partner at Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, which runs a delicatessen, restaurant, creamery, and several other ventures in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Headline: Congress amends constitution abolishing corporate personhood
Why? This could end corporate contributions to candidates, parties and lobbyists. Big money would have less direct control of public policy, and as a result, Congress could pass legislation in the interest of the middle class, which is the entrepreneurial class — the nation’s real job creators. ...
Laurence Hammel, owner and president of the Longfellow Clubs, a group of tennis and health clubs in eastern Massachusetts.
Headline: Government and small businesses work together to boost the minimum wage
Why? Our business supports an increase in the federal minimum wage because it strengthens the economy by giving families more spending power and creating healthier communities. We’ve raised the minimum wage in Massachusetts and this legislation is supporting the lives of our staff members who help our small businesses succeed. When government mandates a gradually increasing higher minimum wage it makes it clear to every business that paying a fair wage is part of the “cost of doing business.”
...