Senate President Steve Sweeney embarks on a small-business tour?
January 22nd, 2013
the Staff of the Ridegwood blog
Ridgewood NJ , Senate President Steve Sweeney, a rumored possible gubernatorial candidate, is launching a series of meetings with small businesspeople yes you heard that right . It comes as a shock , given Trenton’s penchant for for looking to micro manage through regulation ever possible human interaction .
The state has gained a reputation for an unprecedented level of anti business regulation ,making Sweeney’s foray into the private sector the height of ridiculousness .
While the state has lagged the rest of the country in job growth , the overlords in Trenton have squandered valuable time and energy avoiding every possible opportunity to move the states morbid economy forward and instead focused on pushing most notable new laws requiring seat belts for dogs .
With the help of their will accomplices in New Jersey media establishment , Trenton has managed over the last 15 years to destroy and otherwise vibrant economy ,that at one time stole both the Jets and Giants from New York City as well as a multitude of other business .
Sweeney has gone as far as to admit his own failure , “New Jersey’s economy has been stuck, with unemployment remaining nearly unchanged over the last few years,”
While his first stop on his “Small Business Listening Tour” will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at KMB Design Group in Wall and then at 1:30 p.m., he will be at Kelsey & Kim’s Southern Café in Atlantic City. The Ridgewood blog suggests he visit Ridgewood’s once vibrant down town and take a look at all the shuttered stores , and stop in for a drink at Blend, oh thats right its closed .
The reality is that New Jersey in poll after poll is viewed as a place to move from not a place to move to ,rated as one of the worst business climates in the United States , Trenton has done its best to drive business and therefore jobs out of the state with high taxes , over regulation , crony favoritism and a hostility to the private sector .
The simple fact is that Senate President Sweeney and his buddies in Trenton are the problem and have been so blind to the needs of small business for so long New Jersey is simply not competitive any longer .
