Patricia Doxsey reports in The Daily Freeman that Congressional candidates John Faso and Zephyr Teachout spoke to Ulster County business leaders Sept. 29 about the economy, term limits, trade agreements, and working across the aisle to break the partisan gridlock. At the Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce’s monthly breakfast meeting at the Best Western Plus Hotel in Kingston, Teachout and Faso explained why they each thought they were best to succeed U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson (R-Kinderhook). Teachout, a Democrat who lives in Dutchess County, said, “We are not going to grow if we allow a handful of big business owners [to] push out the independent business owners.... One of the things I’m going to fight for is to reduce the power of lobbyists. The corruption in our lobbying system is corrupting our economic system.” Faso, a Republican from Columbia County, spoke against the proposed TransPacific Partnership trade agreement, saying, “We are five percent of the population and 95 percent of our customers are around the world.” Faso also criticized New York state’s proposed $15 minimum wage and said the government should not intervene in the banking industry. “The worst thing we can possibly do is say the federal government is going to force a bank to do something,” he said. “I want a neutral tax system that keeps everyone the same and doesn’t pick the winners and losers.” Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.