Republicans win endorsement of Indiana small business advocacy organization | Politics

The Indiana chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business (NIB) is represented by U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind. And Jennifer-Ruth Green, Crown Point, enthusiastically supported Monday at Joe Dabo’s short ceremony in Chesterton.

“Senator Todd Young has maintained a strong voting record as a staunch advocate for small business during his time in Congress and has received the NFIB Small Business Guardian Award throughout his tenure. We are confident that Jennifer-Ruth Green will be a valuable advocate for small business in the U.S. House,” said Natalie Robinson. NIB Indiana State Director.

“Both have decided to focus on small business issues such as inflation, labor shortages and supply chain disruptions and oppose any new taxes or mandates on small businesses. Indiana’s small businesses will benefit from them in Congress,” she added.

Young gathered a half-dozen small business owners and NIN members to talk about the federal government’s goal of clearing business barriers and regulations and restoring entrepreneurs’ optimism and confidence in the future.

“When I travel the highways and roads of the state of Indiana, I measure the success and the growth of our economy by the relationships I have with small business leaders. They’ve seen better times than they do now, and they’ve seen better times. Just in recent years,” Young said.

Young said the Covid-19 pandemic, high inflation and increased federal spending have many small business owners questioning whether to risk new capital or continue to invest in their companies, and that’s not good for Hoosiers or the economy.

“At the federal level, we have to be very careful. When we spend money in a certain area, if that money is not being used to increase productivity in that area, we have to think twice before we give our support,” Young said. . The last thing we want to do is put an ankle weight on those who help drive our economy.

If Greene also gets the chance to represent Lake, Porter and northwest LaPorte counties in Congress, she would help small businesses by cutting taxes, opposing federal regulations, supporting American energy production and reducing the enforcement power of the Internal Revenue Service.

“I will fight the reckless spending that is crushing worker engagement, our supply chain and ultimately leading to this 40-year high rate of inflation because small businesses pay the big price while big government, big business and union leaders benefit,” Green said.

Chesterton native Joe Grosbauer, who has operated Joe’s Bread at 225 S. Calumet Road for the past five months, said he can relate some of those concerns to price changes, particularly those related to the baked goods, coffee and tea he sells at the store.

“Changing food costs, price changes and supply chain issues affect us,” Grossbauer said. “Switching costs make them a little unpredictable for any small business.”

At the same time, Grossbauer said that the bakery cafe and the event space will not stand side by side in the upcoming election – “We are politicians. We have a local mill to support, but that’s about it.”