KEN GRASSI: Thanks for hanging in there
Re: “UP mayor owes $71,902 in back taxes” (TNT, 7-9). I am also a small business owner, and I can relate and sympathize with Ken Grassi struggling to keep his business surviving in this state. Unless...
View ArticleTAXES: Plan will hurt small business owners
Most small businesses are run as LLC, sole proprietorship or S-corps. These small business taxes are passed through the business owner’s income tax. For example: Let’s say a small business makes more...
View ArticleBUSINESS: Inslee’s focus on high-tech too narrow
Jay Inslee says, “My focus is job creation. I’m going to focus like a laser beam on the things a governor can do” to help small businesses. The problem is he doesn’t understand small business unless...
View ArticleTACOMA: What’s really needed downtown
Re: “State Farm considering expansion in Tacoma?” (TNT, 1-21). We spend a lot of time talking about supporting small local businesses here in Tacoma, and we hear a lot about the impact these businesses...
View ArticleBUSINESS: START bill good for Washington
The state House of Representatives’ recent passage of the Save Toward a Retirement Today (START) bill is a step in the right direction for Washington’s small businesses and their workers. START would...
View ArticlePAY: Many small businesses support raising minimum wage
Debate about raising the minimum wage is a hot topic, and the impact to small businesses is a sticking point in the argument. But what do real small businesses think about raising the wage? Small...
View ArticlePAY: Small businesses operate on the edge
Re: “$15 hourly wage will be a killer for many small businesses” (Your Voice, 4-24). Bob Mandel articulated better than any professional journalist what a mandatory minimum wage of $15 would do to a...
View ArticleECONOMY: Solution is to help small business
Economic solutions don’t need to be “left” or “right.” Investing in entrepreneurs is the unexplored path to fiscal responsibility. Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of our economic future: hiring...
View ArticleTACOMA: Paid leave action is anti-business
I have run a small business in Tacoma for almost 40 years. This sitting City Council is the only council in all those years that I would classify as anti-business. It has, by admission of Councilmen...
View ArticleTACOMA: Pay increase would tax entrepreneurs
Increasing the minimum wage is prejudicial to small business owners. Small business owners are entrepreneurs and effective business managers. They make the right decisions to keep their businesses...
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