Tomorrow – Friday June 26, 2009 - the House of Representatives will vote on cap-and-trade H.R. 2454. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:1:./temp/~bdn387:@@@D&summ2=m&|/bss/111search.html This is a HUGE energy tax that will cost each family about $2,500 per year. Energy companies will be limited in how much energy they can produce and sell AND be forced to buy "carbon credits" and pass the cost along to consumers. The Wall Street Journal says it would be “the largest tax in American history.” The effect will be higher prices on everything that is processed or shipped such as food, gasoline, furniture, garden supplies, tires, clothes, electronics and home heating fuel, etc. The government will pick winners and losers in terms of which companies get government funding for energy projects. It will effectively eliminate the free market from energy production and distribution in the U.S. and give control to the government. http://www.smallbizgop.com/issues/2009CapNTrade.htm Business Owners and Physicians to Discuss Problems and Solutions.
DATE: Friday, August 28, 2009 TIME: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. PLACE: Central Tower of the Centrum Building, Room 314C, Conference room 8200 E Belleview Ave, Tower 1 (Short Tower), Greenwood Village, CO 80111 map The discussion will focus on personal observations of small business owners, consultants and advisors to small businesses, and physician regarding… * the current health care system * concerns with proposed Federal legislation * solutions based on their experiences with the current system and their roles in the funding and delivery of health care services Due to space and time constraints, attendance is limited to participants in the Roundtable discussion, cited below, as well as members of the media and others invited by the Colorado Republican Business Coalition. Each member of the Colorado congressional delegation has a personal invitation to attend or to send his or her representative. Roundtable Participants may include: Christine Burtt, president, CQB & Associates, Inc., public relations & political consulting Jim Noon, president, Centennial Container, box company with employees Joseph H. Chavez, Esq. CPA, advises clients on business tax and financial planning matters Beverly Werner, VP/owner, Werner's Mastertek Automotive Service, with employees Jeffrey Reeves, COO, YouBetheBank.com, small business life & health insurance consultant Frank Wagner, president, Excel Personnel, Inc., job placement firm with employees Dr. Tashof Bernton, partner, CO Rehabilitation & Occupational Medicine, with employees Dr. Brooke Allen, neurologist, former member of the AMA PAC board Dr. Randall M. Clark, president, Denver Medical Society, physicians’ membership org Dr. Ryan Redfern DDS, president, Legacy Dental Group, dental service with employees Dr. Douglas Gaither MD, emergency room physician who recently practiced in New Zealand http://www.smallbizgop.com/issues/HealthCare.htm Why it matters: Governor Ritter and some Democrats want to eliminate the spending cap on the State budget. Result: The State keeps more of your tax money and spends more on programs without voter consent. CO Republican Business Coalition says NO to SB228, a Bill to eliminate the 6% annual increase spending limit on the State general fund, as authorized by a vote of the people in the Arveschoug-Bird (A-B) statutory amendment of 1991. Monies would go into the transportation budget, allowing increased spending on other programs, rather than returning to the taxpayers those revenues above the spending limit. SB228 would not increase funding for transportation. Rather, it creates a budgetary shell game, adding funding in one place and taking it away in another, with the only net effect being to increase the general fund, without a vote of the citizens. http://www.smallbizgop.com/issues/SB228-6pcIncGenFund.htm The Colorado Republican Business Coalition (CRBC) is now blogging on issues crucial to Colorado Small Businesses. Check us out!  http://www.coloradosmallbizblog.blogspot.com/ The Colorado Republican Business Coalition (CRBC) opposes HD09-1210, which would require companies to give paid sick leave of up to 40 hours a year in companies with six to 15 employees and up to 72 hours a year in companies with 16 or more employees.  http://smallbizgop.com/issues/HB09-1210-SickLeave.htm Sen. Shawn Mitchell "Protecting Small Business in a Pro-Union Legislative Environment" Friday, February 20, 2009 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Brooklyn's Restaurant http://smallbizgop.com/events/index.htm Our mission is to promote the interests of small business among policy makers and opinion leaders, to inform and educate on legislation that helps or hurts Colorado businesses, and to encourage citizens in business to participate in the political process. http://www.smallbusinessrepublicans.com Check out our latest Legislative Bill Matrix http://www.smallbusinessrepublicans.com/issues/index.htm The RSS Feed is Live. We'll soon have a link to subscribe http://smallbizgop.com We're in the process of updating our web site with an RSS Channel. Stay tuned! http://smallbizgop.com