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If this is so business friendly, why did groups like the Retailers and Greater Washington Board of Trade withdraw their support?

April 26, 2017Business friendly greater groups retailers support Trade Washington withdraw

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If this is so business friendly, why did groups like the Retailers and Greater Washington Board of Trade withdraw their support?

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Ahh, the power of friendship. Both groups once supported the proposal and then backtracked taking a neutral stance. Im sure these groups wanted to make the Chamber feel better for opposing the proposal. However, I think the Board of Trades public comments in the Gazette, for example, speak for themselves. Let me quote from the January 14th edition. Allison Gold of the GWBOT said, The payroll tax seemed to make perfect sense to our membership. Especially when you account for the fact that you are really talking about only two employers in Maryland, Wal-Mart and Giant, and Giant is effectively subsidizing Wal-Mart.