Common Sense: We can do better
I get a kick out of the neighborhood Democrats. They seem to live by a motto, “When you have nothing to say, say something that means nothing and hope that no one figures it out.” Kind of cynical, I think.
Take for instance their reaction to the recent announcement by State Senator Marty Golden (whom I serve as chief of staff) that he had been endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB). The NFIB which was founded in 1943 is the nation’s largest advocacy group for small businesses. It has over 350,000 members nationwide, 1,000 plus members in New York City and a whole bunch in Southwest Brooklyn.
Its members as a group are the largest non-government employers in the country. They are essentially smaller business operations that join to be part of an organized advocacy against big government, higher taxes and strangling regulations that kill business and cost us jobs. Many of their members can be described as “Mom and Pop” operations.