“Even if you find a job, it’s not going to help you”
June 24th, 2010
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Mulhi owns a small business in Franklin VA. He was interviewed as part of our Blank Street Project.
Mulhi (Frank) from Blank Street on Vimeo.
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Health Reform Law will help create 10,600 Small Business jobs
May 26th, 2010
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This is a guest post by Darren Rippy. Darren is a graduate student in the Master of Public Policy program at the College of William & Mary. He is a summer policy fellow at the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy.
The new health reform law is Good Business for Virginia’s Small Businesses because it provides tax credits to lower health care costs for Virginia’s small businesses.
Categories: Health Care, Small Business
Small Business to McDonnell/Cuccinelli: Don’t take away reform
March 24th, 2010
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Virginia small business owner Jocelyn Tice talks about how her business gets tax credits to afford health insurance. This will let her reinvest savings from lower health care costs into expanding her business and creating jobs. She doesn’t understand why Gov. McDonnell and Attorney-General Cuccinelli want to take these away from her.
Health reform provides tax credits for up to 93,400 Virginia small businesses to help make coverage more affordable.
Businesses with fewer than 50 employees will get tax credits covering up to 50% of employee premiums. And these small businesses would be exempt from any employer responsibility provisions.
Further more, small businesses offering coverage to retirees aged 55-64 would be eligible for subsidies in a new re-insurance pool that could help mitigate the financial risk for this higher cost population.
Cuccinelli Turns Back on Businesses
March 7th, 2010
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The number one company on the Fortune 500 list, WalMart, puts it this way:
“Walmart will not tolerate discrimination in employment, employment-related decisions, or in business dealings on the basis of race, color, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, or any other legally protected status. We should provide an environment free of discrimination to our associates, customers, members, and suppliers.”
That is no surprise since there is actually only one company, ExxonMobil, on the Fortune 50 list that does not include sexual orientation in their formal anti-discrimination policies. Businesses get it; you can not run a modern day company without letting employees and the world know that discrimination has no place in America today. Sadly, Ken Cuccinelli prefers pushing his social agenda over keeping Virginia the best place for businesses.
Virginia, a state trying to lure as many of those Fortune 500 companies to its tax roles as possible, should ensure its policies are in line with the anti-discrimination policies of the companies it seeks to attract. To do otherwise is foolishness.
Categories: Good Government, Small Business cuccinelli, discrimination, human rights, sexual orientation, university, walmart
Small Business wants Wall Street Reformed
January 29th, 2010
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By: Liz Burroughs
Richmond, VA – The Virginia Main Street Alliance has released a new report highlighting impacts of the financial crisis on small businesses and Main Street business owners’ views on financial reform. Main Street Policy Pulse: Small Business Views on Financial Reform is based on a survey of more than 1,200 small business owners from 14 states. The report finds strong support among Main Street small businesses for strong financial reforms, including the creation of a consumer financial protection agency.
Reform will help small businesses create jobs
December 24th, 2009
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A small business owner in Northern Virginia speaks out eloquently about how health insurance reform will help him grow his business and create jobs. Yaqub Zargarpur owns Fashion Time, a retail timepiece business with locations all over the DC metro area. A quote from his moving op/ed is below:
More Va Small Businesses support Health Reform
October 16th, 2009
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We’re seeing more and more of Virginia’s small businesses demanding their voice be heard on health reform. A recent survey of 200 small businesses in Virginia found that most think health insurance reform is important and most support a public option. The results of the survey are listed below:
Categories: Health Care, Small Business
Virginia small businesses want health reform
September 21st, 2009
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Our brothers and sisters who own and work for Virginia’s small businesses are suffocating with high health insurance costs. A recent article in the Times-Dispatch highlited health care views of folks in Ashland. Below is a quote from a Small Business owner:
Categories: Health Care, Small Business
Race to the bottom on health care
January 15th, 2009
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Delegate Jeff Frederick’s health care solution for employees of Virginia’s small businesses is to get rid of all their state mandated health insurance benefits (filed as HB 2209). Ostensibly this will result in cheaper health plans and increase “access” to health care for these employees.
