Where Do the Candidates for Governor Stand on Small Business Issues?

Here’s how Matt Bevin compares with Jack Conway on key
issues affecting Kentucky’s small business.

1. Tax reform to allow limited-liability corporations (LLCs) to
deduct indirect costs from the cost of goods sold. NFIB position: Yes

• BEVIN: Yes.
• CONWAY: No response. (Conway said he would “conduct a
  top-to-bottom review of tax policies” affecting small businesses but
  didn’t address our question.)

2. Increase the state minimum wage. NFIB position: No

• BEVIN: No
• CONWAY: Yes

3. State requirement that businesses offer paid sick leave to
their employees. NFIB position: No

• BEVIN: No
• CONWAY: Yes

4. A statewide right-to-work law. NFIB position: Yes

• BEVIN: Yes
• CONWAY: No

SOURCE: Candidate questionnaires returned to the
NFIB/Kentucky SAFE (Save America’s Free Enterprise) Trust, the political action
committee of NFIB’s Kentucky members.