Your options if budget cuts become reality.(federal government regulations)(Editorial) From: Contractor | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Miodonski, Bob | COPYRIGHT 2006 Penton Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

MOST CONTRACTORS I know hate the idea of big government. It means higher taxes and more burdensome regulations that intrude upon the profitability of almost any business.

When the conversation turns to government and contracting, however, I always recall the words of the president of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association the year I came to CONTRACTOR. In his speech at the 1994 SMACNA convention, he called government "the sheet metal contr...

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