We did deregulate. Things got worse. Don't you remember?
But, you make the affirmative claim. You have an obligation to support your claim. I've shown solid, measurable, fact based evidence that neither taxes nor regulations strangle business, but instead have minimal effect. You've offer nothing like it.
Just for you:
Small business owners actually support an array of recently proposed EPA regulations. And by wide margins, too. Small Business Majority's most recent polling, released on June 7, found the vast majority of small businesses in Ohio -- a major manufacturing state -- support EPA clean air standards, and two-thirds of those polled also feel government investments in clean energy can stimulate the economy and create jobs now.
Specifically, 7 in 10 small business owners support the EPA's federal standard requiring new power plants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide -- even though 6 in 10 of them believe it will directly impact their business.
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It's unfortunate when small businesses are used as a vehicle for pushing ideological agendas. This isn't to say that small businesses support all regulations all the time. But as Todd Stegman noted, small businesses are most worried about consumer demand and the rising cost of doing business, along with making payroll, healthcare costs and credit availability. That's all according to a wide body of research including our own and the very survey Lincoln cites.
John Arensmeyer: Fact Check: EPA Regulations Are Not Small Business's Kryptonite