The Senate has passed legislation designed to make it easier for people like you and me to get into the packaged food business.
S3594 is supposed to promote small business start ups, such as maybe somebody looking to can an old family sauce recipe or gourmet cookies.
Glich: You or I can't benefit unless there's already a government or non-profit production facility available in your neck of the woods.
Know of any of those in Genesee County?
It's nice that the Senate wants to throw some money in the direction of start-up businesses, but would lowering taxes have the same stimulating, and maybe more, effect? Or how about a state program to off-set the inescapable self-employment tax that makes starting a small business so difficult and risky?
We need more small businesses, more entrepreneurs getting a start in New York. It's the best long-term solution for economic growth, but maybe Malcolm Smith could start at the taking end rather than the giving end.
