It didn't seem right that we'd just post our list of The Top 25 Reasons Not to Vote for Jerry Kilgore on Raising Kaine. We owe it to our readers to say why we support Tim Kaine for Governor. The real problem with both these lists was paring them down to ONLY 25 items each. Well, we did our best. Here is our countdown of The Top 25 Reasons to Vote for Tim Kaine , counting down one-by-one, here's #16.16. Tim Kaine understands small business. Tim Kaine grew up working in his father's iron welding shop, where he learned the value of hard work and of balancing a budget. As Mayor of Richmond, Tim Kaine helped to make the city a recognized leader, nationally recognized as one of the best cities in which to do business. As Lieutenant Governor, Tim Kaine worked with Governor Mark Warner and undertook a comprehensive review of the issues specific to Small Business. The results lead him to a clear understanding of small business issues in general and to the dangerous threat of rising healthcare costs in particular:
Small businesses consistently rank the rising cost of insuring their employees as their number one business concern. As Lieutenant Governor, I created a bipartisan panel to hear the concerns of small businesses and make recommendations to address this difficult issue. The Lieutenant Governor?s Commission on Small Business Health Care Costs included representatives of small business, medicine, insurance companies and state and local government. I spent the summer listening to hundreds of small business owners during a series of community roundtable discussions across the state. From the Tim Kaine Website