NEW LONDON -- Yesterday evening, Women for Murphy held their latest roundtable at the home of Jeanne Milstein, a Murphy supporter.
With a diverse group of attendees, the conversation covered the environment, healthcare, small businesses and education. Much of the conversation centered around small businesses and education -- specifically women in science.
Shiela Hayes from Norwich spoke about the need to limit the number of hurdles that small businesses and entrepreneurs have to clear in order to operate.
"What does an entrepreneur need? They need to be able to have access to dollars, affordable health care...basic materials for owning your own business," said Hayes. "Having come from a family of entrepreneurs I know firsthand that we need help breaking through those barriers."
Murphy agreed, "There are enormous barriers to get businesses started. There are far too many bureaucratic obstacles to starting a small business that we need to streamline, which will not only help our small business owners but cut costs for the government."
From supporting small businesses the conversation shifted to education. There was a consensus among the group for the need to have more programs to encourage women to go into the sciences. Rosemary Palmieri from New Haven, recent graduate of The Sound School spoke about the importance of funding opportunities for women in the sciences.
"The opportunities I received were actually outside of the classroom," Palmieri said. "I applied for an internship through my biotechnology class. In an effort to get more women involved in the sciences my bio teacher approached me about applying. I was one of 25 women in the country to be accepted, and now I am going to Dickinson in the fall and I plan to major in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry."
"There is a huge gap between women and men in the field of science and it's a failure on the part of our education system," Palmieri added. "We need to encourage women to explore fields like engineering and biosciences in and out of the classroom because we're not tapping into the resources we have and that's hurting us as a country."
Heck, even Chris Murphy recognizes the anti business climate in this state, and he is a Democrat! CT is one of the most business unfriendly states in the country, and our Democratic Governor Dan Malloy has made it worse. Click on the CNBC link below and check it out. CT ranks 44th. We need new leaders at all levels of government, leaders that will reduce taxes and create a business friendly political environment that will help to jumpstart his stagnant economic recovery. http://www.cnbc.com/id/46413845
Just remember you did not build it. Sorry I could not resist. I too own a small business that I did not build.
Though I bought the computer myself, my Father bough my printer. And then I took PUBLIC transportation since I'd given up my company car... and I would NEVER have risked starting my own business if I hadn't had the assurance from my family members that I would be able to stay with them if need be... and my top client took me under their wing and gave me a scholarship for some free Dartmouth Tuck education... IMHO, any business owner that says they did it 'all by themselves' really looks silly.
Mayor Finizio State Rep Hewitt State Senator Maynard Governor Malloy US Rep. Courtney US Sen. Blumenthal And soon to be Senator, Chris Murphy! So, wrong. No. Access need not be bought. Each of these politicians seem to me to have a strong interest in doing what they can to help small businesses succeed - on an individual and legislative level. And each of them have Republicans standing in their way of doing so. There's no anti-business climate in this state coming from our elected officials. Sounds nice to say, but if there is one, it's not coming from the Dems... it's coming from the Republicans whose only agenda has been to thwart the Dems. Instead, they've been hurting small businesses by blocking job and other incentive legistlations.
So, either Chris Murphy doesn't understand the business climate in CT and should not be elected to the Senate, or you don't understand the business climate. I'd be interested to know which it is!
Paragraph: "If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help [Agreed]. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life [Agreed]. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive [Agreed]. Somebody invested in roads and bridges [Agreed]. If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that [Disagree]. Somebody else made that happen [Disagree]. The Internet didn't get invented on its own [Agreed]. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.[Disagree]" First business owners take a lot of risk and get help, in your case it was parental help and someone that mentored you(Dartmouth-Tuck).... Government did not do that... The public transportation was not built for you neither was anything else. You chose to work harder or smarter or took advantage of an opportunity that you saw. The real issue I have is the underlying sentiment that Government creates wealth. It is people like you! Otherwise we would all be wealthy! Also I thought it was Al Gore that told us he created the Internet. Actually this link will help on that issue: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444464304577539063008406518.html
This past 2 year legislative session they raised taxes $2B and still could not balance the budget, and that is the fault of the Republicans? The wealthy are moving out of Connecticut, That means for those that do not understand, less revenue(tax $) to pay for our ever growing government. They will then raise taxes on those left, and MORE will leave and the spiral continues. That is all of course the Republicans fault, as they controlled the legislative and executive 40 years ago?
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