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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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Trade has been a big topic of conversation on the campaign trail, as have debt, taxes, wages, immigration and monetary policy. 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible? There is the answer we thought we would get when we asked store front businesses about taxes — and then there is the answer we did get.

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Massachusetts: Frozen Growth In The Frozen North

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Dunbar noted that, apart from high fuel costs over the last few years, businesses have also faced building materials going up in price, tax increases and “no meaningful access to capital” — a refrain that became incredibly familiar the more places we traveled.

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Payments And Commerce On The Campaign Trail

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And, our data show some goods news, on the whole, for the Store Front Business scene, which is performing better than GDP – actually a lot better. And we went on the road in New Hampshire , South Carolina and Virginia to ask the local Store Front business owners how healthy they feel. But not everywhere.

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