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With this being a Congressional election year, business owners have little reason to hope for an early end to their sticker shock. Instead, candidates across the country are campaigning in support of such proposals as mandated parental leave, among others.

Seldom will they mention the price tag or who will have to pay it. Unfortunately, it’s often the smallbusiness owners down the street who get stuck with the tab, and they have no more control over these costs than does anyone who pulls into a gas station today.

Our members are sometimes portrayed as taking hard-line positions against such proposals. We do it to

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