Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Business Journal Q3 2015 | Page 10

middle class. If you judge them by the dollars created, they are
the envy of the world. China is crowded and dirty and it certainly
does not provide what we would consider to be a high quality of
life. Contrasted to China are many beautiful cities around the
US. One of the things that beautiful cities in our country have in
common is that their economies have been stellar and they used
the proceeds from the prosperity to better their communities.
Again, growth should be a catalyst to improvement, but trying to
use improvement as a catalyst for growth rarely, if ever, pans out.

of elected bodies, or to pay the bills for the downtrodden. The
role of business is to profit. The core of the “American Dream”
embraces this concept. The idea that each man and woman in
our country should have the freedom to succeed to the limit that
their work and ideas will carry them is the basis of American
success.
Business pays the bills, paves the roads, builds the schools,
keeps the water running and pumps the money into the
economy. We must focus on the revenue generated by business
and get our facts straight that our community is a great place
because of, and not in spite of, the
dollars that business generates.

#3 - You cannot regulate yourself into prosperity. Every
regulation costs businesses
money. Some regulation
is necessary as we work to
“The Chamber is fighting
protect the public interest,
apply it to
this battle for you because Let’sWyoming! Cheyenne
but overall, regulation is a
and
drag. The problem is that
we believe in our business
regulation ultimately works to
community. We believe
The Chamber has been doing a
redistribute wealth and reduces
you are honorable folks
lot of work on how this all applies
the enticement for business to
who want the best for the locally. We recently completed a
operate within the economy.
fee study that indicates millions of
Regulation is all about the public
community. We believe
to the
interest vs the private interest of
that the more government dollars in lost revenue dueAdditionally,
local regulatory process.
the business. What happened
regulates and taxes you,
our local businesses deal with
to the free economy? If the
the less you will be able to hundreds of pages of regulations that
operation of my business does
not infringe on your rights to
provide for our future. We outline requirements of landscaping,
live, what responsibility does
believe that you, yes you, sidewalks, change of use, and the
on. It is time to change the
the business have to society as
built that and you, yes you, list goes Cheyenne’s growth curve.
slope of
a whole? Certainly I ask this
earned that and should
The Chamber is fighting this battle
as a policy question because
have the right to expend for you because we believe in our
many businesses believe they
you
have a moral responsibility
what you have built and business community. We believe best
are honorable folks who want
to the community. That is a
earned in whatever way for the community. We believethe
that
wonderful thing, but I would
you see fit, as long as it
the more government regulates and
a