Bill Vernon
Bill Vernon
Bill Vernon was born on July 4, 1937 in New York, NY; He died on November 20, 1996 in Rocky Mount, Virginia. In his early teens he became enamoured with Bluegrass music and publicized and promoted that genre in many ways. He was a DJ in New York, New Jersey, and Virginia; he wrote liner notes for around a hundred recordings. In 1994 and in 1998 he received the International Bluegrass Music Association's award for best liner notes, and that...
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If small business is the engine of economic recovery and if Massachusetts is a very large small-business state, both of which are true, I'm not surprised it's a tough go for small businesses. To me it's pretty obvious. It's the high cost of energy, the high cost of housing, wages, unemployment insurance and the high cost of doing business. Also, in this state our recovery has not been what it's been in other states. But businesses remain confident. Sometimes I wonder if they know what's going on out there.
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Mandates do not solve, but only exacerbate the problem. Mandates will seriously impact the state's ability to compete economically with other states.
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Their intent was to soften the blow, but, you know, the fact is it was not the truth.
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You've got employers who are facing the highest energy costs, the highest wages, the highest unemployment insurance, the highest real estate costs -- and to now put this on? You're going to be in a position where the job growth isn't there, where people aren't making a decision to grow their business.