Chuck Howard emphasizes small‑business support, calls for higher minimum wage
Chuck Howard, running in North Carolina's 5th Congressional District, highlighted 40 years of small‑business experience and proposed tax relief for small businesses, corporate tax fairness, and raising the minimum wage to about $17 an hour as part of his economic platform.
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At the Rockingham County forum, the District 5 candidate who identified himself as Chuck Howard framed his priorities around small businesses and economic growth. "I spent my entire career, 40 years, working at my family's newspaper, a small business in Wilkesboro," he said, describing small businesses as engines of local hiring and arguing that tax relief and avoiding over‑taxation of small enterprises will spur Main Street recovery.
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