Senator backs less business regulation
Friday, September 5th, 2008
By Staff
By Daniel Goldberg : The Herald-Sun
dgoldberg@heraldsun.com
Sep 5, 2008
PITTSBORO — State and federal governments can boost small businesses in counties like Chatham by getting out of the way, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole told a group of business and community college representatives Thursday.
"There's too much excessive regulation of small business that is strangling small business," Dole said during an early afternoon stop at Central Carolina Community College to speak with members of the Chatham County United Chamber of Commerce. During a question and answer period that lasted nearly 45 minutes, Dole supported greater tax breaks for manufacturers, elimination of the estate tax and giving the go-ahead to oil drilling off the North Carolina coast.
"I think anything we can do to make it a pro-growth climate … ," Dole said in describing her philosophy for supporting entrepreneurial ventures in Chatham.
Chamber leaders questioned the Republican first-term senator for positions on energy alternatives and immigration policy. Dole faces Democratic challenger Kay Hagan in the November general election.
Siler City resident David Poe cited the western part of the county as a microcosm of the national immigration debate, calling the growing Hispanic population a vital contributor to the county's schools and work force. (more…)
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