Issue Position: On Small Business

Issue Position

Small business is the backbone of our area: They are our job creators; they brought us through the recession. They are operated by our neighbors, providing personalized goods and local services.

Local municipalities:To help our businesses start, succeed, and flourish, municipalities must provide common sense zoning and good land use ordinances. Give small business a chance to start up in the house, the garage, and down on the farm. Only limit how large they can grow before they move into a commercial or industrial setting.

Stop overregulation: Building code requirements have moved beyond reasonable. Storm water management is moving toward outrageous. It is time to rein in the Building Codes Coalition and the Department of Environmental Protection. It is time to return to common sense.

Small businesses, our job creators: The Corbett administration says small businesses have created 138,000 new jobs, with many of these being in small businesses across Pennsylvania. The 99th is filled with hardworking entrepreneurs that will take chances and start businesses as long as startup costs are not too high and regulations are not burdensome.

Small business needs tax breaks and incentives: They need every encouragement and any chance to succeed.

Stop government operation of businesses: It is time to get government out of businesses such as liquor sales, hotels and others to allow the private sector to own, operate, and manage these. The government should not be in the business of both selling liquor and enforcing its legal use. Government needs to stick with enforcement.

Right-to-Work state: Pennsylvania must become a Right-to-Work state that stops the forced unionization of our local businesses.

End union dues: Take away the ability for Union dues to be collected through payroll deductions.

State and school employee strikes: State and school employees should not be able to go on strike and be paid by taxpayer dollars while on strike.

Welfare: In order to ensure welfare benefits those who truly need assistance, it is time to come up with more foolproof ways to avoid abuse and ensure those receiving assistance are actively seeking employment.

Avoid frivolous lawsuits: Implement a loser pays policy. Shorten this process so that our job creators can be about finding ongoing work for employees instead of dealing with long complex litigation issues.

Obama Care -- I oppose this mandate. Health care should be operated by the private sector, not the government.

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