“[Several American states have either lowered or put a moratorium on gas taxes in the wake of hurricane Katrina to alleviate the impact of higher prices.] So we can do it here, ... Just track the price data.”
“The growing concern with business input costs such as energy and insurance ... will start to hamper small firms' expansion and hiring plans if action isn't taken. The most obvious course of action would be to lower the overall tax burden to alleviate the pinch small businesses are feeling.”
“It's a fairly permanent situation. You can always tough something out for a little while, but it's getting to the point that it's really factoring into people's medium to longer-term plans.”
“There's no simple answer. We're certainly not going to be able to attract enough immigrants who can move in, buy a business and make a go of it, even though that's undoubtedly a partial solution.”
