Any kind of tax credit, anything would be great. Tracy and Ron Jerrardo own and operate a cleaning and painting business in the Cincinnati area that will celebrate its first anniversary this August. The couple told the vice president they want to provide health insurance to their employees but can't afford it. They said they've already lost two employees to a competitor that has health insurance. Pitching Prosperity Gore has been trying to portray himself to voters as a candidate who deserves at least some credit for the nation's economic prosperity.
Republicans say American entrepreneurs and workers deserve the credit.
The Catanzaro company sells produce, meats, napkins and other supplies to food services and restaurants in the Cincinnati area and parts of Indiana and Kentucky. The company developed from a produce distributorship that began when Italian immigrant Pete Catanzaro came to this country in the late 1800s and started selling lemons and oranges from a basket. His son, Frank J. Catanzaro, carried the business through the Depression. His grandson, Frank C. Catanzaro, now the board chairman, helped build the business, which became a full-line food service distributor in 1983. The Republican returns to Ohio on Friday to talk at a school in Canton about education.