Austin Theriault: “Small businesses aren't able to increase wages because…”

“I like to call it the solar tax, but it's public policy charge. Essentially in a lot of cases for businesses, they're not able to increase the wages. In particular, Small businesses aren't able to increase wages because they're paying $10,000 to $20,000 extra a month [due to energy costs]. month. One of the things that I disagree with my opponent on is his, you know, the fact that he likes to do incentives and subsidies for renewable energy.” (01:34–01:42)

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