Costs will rise
Cry Wolf Quotes
While the states signing on the dotted line will trumpet this proposal, the economic reality ... ought to be a bucket of icy cold New England water. [Now consumers will be] paying even higher prices.
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Frank Maisano, a utility industry lobbyist with Bracewell & Giuliani in Washington.
I'm not saying restaurants are going out of business because of the soda tax. I'm saying it cuts into my profits.
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Wayne Dyer, executive director of the Arkansas Hospitality Association. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
The provisions of this bill are extremely open-ended, and encumber both employers and Cal/OSHA with many unreasonable administrative burdens and costs.
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Western States Petroleum Association letter to Assemblyman Mike Honda, Chairman, Public Safety Committee.
[The] procedures required are too costly and non-productive to industry, making New Jersey a less competitive location for manufacturing.
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William A. Lynch, Chairman of the South Jersey Chamber of Commerce.
Evidence
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Regulations at Work: Five Rules that Save Workers’ Lives and Protect their Health
This paper looks at five worker-safety regulations that were tremendously successful in reducing employee injuries, illnesses and fatalities.
