Sentences with phrase «backbone of the economy»

And while there are lots of high - income earners who will be affected, it has an unintended side effect that small - business owners (the restaurant owner, the bike shop repairman and the dry cleaning operator), who are considered the backbone of the economy, would likely have to pay higher taxes — and be worse off financially — as well.

I view these as the backbone of our economy.

Entrepreneurs and small business owners form, in a literal and virtual sense, the backbone of the economy, and as your business grows you will inevitably field questions from other aspiring entrepreneurs.

We romanticize small business as the backbone of the economy.

«Small businesses are the backbone of the economy and these three winners exemplify the spirit of Main Street America,» said Barbara Corcoran.

Dave Cobb, BC Hydro CEO, said in the statement, «Today's announcement has found the right balance between the need to invest in our electricity system — which is the backbone of our economy — with the need to keep rates affordable for families and businesses.»

«Our regional transportation network is the backbone of our economy,» said Elio Luongo, Canadian Managing Partner, Tax, for KPMG and 2013 - 14 Chair of The Vancouver Board of Trade.

And among the greatest victims of your megabanks have been the thousands of community banks that are the backbone of our economy.

Regional transportation is the backbone of our economy and quality of life.

While we've all heard stories about family businesses gone bad (think McCain Foods and its bitter succession feud), family - owned firms are the bedrock of communities and the backbone of economies...

When it comes to employment generation and food security, agriculture and allied sectors still remain the backbone of the economies of the most of the African and Asian countries.

McPartland told the BBC's Daily Politics: «I think on this issue we need to get a U-turn and we need one quickly... This change affects those ordinary working families who've taken the risk of setting up a small business, many of whom employ apprentices and are the backbone of our economy.

«Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the most powerful job creators we have,» Senator Gillibrand said.

Upon receiving the endorsement, David Weprin stated, «I am so pleased to have received the support of the federation which represents millions of working men and women who are the backbone of our economy.

«Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and so many have suffered some kind of losses or damage that insurance may not fully cover,» Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz said in a news release.

As we hear time and time again, small businesses truly are the backbone of our economy employing 60 per cent of the private sector workforce and providing 50 per cent of UK GDP, yet they are continually burdened by regulation and ill placed policy.

We must create a more hospitable environment for small and medium sized businesses, as they are the backbone of our economy and create the jobs our citizens need to thrive.»

«Local hotels, B&B s and our holiday hotspots are the backbone of our economy and they need more help and support.

As we ramp up budget negotiations in the coming weeks, we must be certain to protect the backbone of our economy — small businesses.

He noted that if local farmers were to take control of the agriculture sector, the political rhetoric that agriculture is the backbone of the economy would be matched with the use of appropriate methods to achieve food self - sufficiency.

«Transportation is the backbone of our economy.

In a speech at St Mary's University in Twickenham the education secretary said that «ordinary working families shouldn't have to «make do»», arguing they are «the backbone of our economy, of our country».

They're the fabric of Wisconsin communities and the backbone of our economy.

President Obama has noted that «small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the cornerstones of our Nation's promise.»

We're typically small businesses but small businesses are the backbone of the economy, right?

And while there are lots of high - income earners who will be affected, it has an unintended side effect that small - business owners (the restaurant owner, the bike shop repairman and the dry cleaning operator), who are considered the backbone of the economy, would likely have to pay higher taxes — and be worse off financially — as well.

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy.

Today, these organizations are the backbone of the economy and have helped turn neighborhoods around.

Housing has become the backbone of our economy, but it leaves us in a very dangerous position if home prices drop.

At the heart of Germany's alternative energy bonanza is the country's reputed Mittelstand: the nation's well - situated, educated, conservative, entrepreneurial - minded middle class, which is the backbone of its economy.

It seems like a lot of the industries that are the backbone of the economy have been really destructive to Mother Nature, and Mother Nature is being seen as a resource.

Such companies are the backbones of our economy.

It's easy to see why it has been called «the backbone of the economy.»

Unfortunately, studies find that the targets of this game of patent extortion are increasingly small - and medium - sized businesses, the very job creators that make up the backbone of our economy.

Ceridian Canada president Dave McKay says, «Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, but they are unnecessarily burdened when it comes to managing people in a fast - paced environment.

«Not that long ago, economists said housing was the backbone of our economy,» says USCM president Douglas Palmer, Mayor of Trenton, NJ.

By the same token, if we fail to help small business owners succeed, we're jeopardizing the backbone of the economy, as well as the lives of millions of people.

«Today, we're the backbone of the economy.»