NFIB - Small Businesses Biggest Advocate!

As business owners how often do we feel as if we are being held hostage by legislation that all but cripples our business??? What do you do - where do you turn - to have a voice as policies are put into affect that effect your day to day life as entrepreneurs and small business owners. Enter the National Federation of Independient Business!

NFIB is the nation’s largest small business advocacy group. In every state NFIB represents thousands of small and independent business owners involved in all types of industry, including manufacturing, retail, wholesale, service and agriculture. The average NFIB member has five employees and annual gross revenues of about $450,000. In short, NFIB represents the small Main Street business owners from across our state. On behalf of those small and independent business employers in each state.

Joining the Three Wise Girls May 13, 12pm EST from NFIB are Andrew Markowski NFIB/Connecticut State Director and Bill Rys Tax Counsel National Federation of Independent Business.

Andy brings a wealth of government-relations and public-affairs experience as the Connecticut state director for NFIB since 2007. He has spent several years lobbying the Connecticut General Assembly on a wide range of issues, having represented small contractors, trade associations, municipal interests and private entities.

Bill joined NFIB in July of 2007 as Tax Counsel and provides recommendations on Federal tax policy for the organization by analyzing the impact of legislative proposals on the nationwide membership of NFIB’s small-business owners. They will be with us to discuss how we can take an active part in the laws that impact our lives.

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