Two-thirds of American small business owners believe the controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United v. FEC case handed down two years ago on January 21 hurts small companies, according to an independent national survey of 500 small business owners released on January 18 by the Main Street Alliance, the American Sustainable Business Council, and Small Business Majority. Continue reading
The Main Street Alliance released an open letter to President Obama outlining a set of small business priorities for supporting small businesses, creating jobs, and bolstering local economies. The letter includes a list of 10 “do’s and don’ts,” highlighting five policies that will help small businesses and debunking five that won’t. An excerpt of the letter reads: “The single most Continue reading
As states across the country take steps to move forward with health reform, the Main Street Alliance released an updated set of small business recommendations for the design and governance of new competitive marketplaces for health insurance, called health insurance exchanges. The recommendations aim to ensure that the exchanges maximize benefits for participating small businesses and avoid conflicts of interest. Continue reading
Big bank lobbyists have been putting on a full-court press in Washington, DC to roll back components of the financial overhaul passed last year and free Wall Street to go back to the “business as usual” that led to the financial crisis in 2008. The bankers are gunning for the new Consumer Protection Bureau and attempting to block the confirmation Continue reading
The Main Street Alliance voted recently to officially endorse a new issue: paid sick days. Why do small business owners care about this issue? For a wide range of reasons – like workplace productivity, public health, and a commitment to treating workers like family. In short, it seems like the right thing to do… and it makes good business sense, Continue reading
The Main Street Alliance, Small Business Majority, and the American Sustainable Business Council released the results of a national poll of small businesses on access to credit and proposals to boost the economy.
Click here to read the report on the poll results.
Click here to read the press release summarizing key findings.
A few days ago, the Main Street Alliance asked small business owners to share what they wanted to hear the President talk about in his upcoming State of the Union address.
We asked: “As a small business owner, what policies would you like to hear the President put forward in the State of the Union Address as part of a vision for supporting small businesses and building an economy that works for the 99 percent in 2012?” Continue reading
Two-thirds of American small business owners believe the controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United v. FEC case handed down two years ago on January 21 hurts small companies, according to an independent national survey of 500 small business owners released on January 18 by the Main Street Alliance, the American Sustainable Business Council, and Small Business Majority.
Click here to read the press release from MSA, SBM, and ASBC
The Main Street Alliance released an open letter to President Obama outlining a set of small business priorities for supporting small businesses, creating jobs, and bolstering local economies.
The letter includes a list of 10 “do’s and don’ts,” highlighting five policies that will help small businesses and debunking five that won’t.
An excerpt of the letter reads:
“The single most important thing small business owners need to create more jobs is more customers – more demand for our products and services. Not weaker standards for our air and water that jeopardize the health of our workers and customers. Not toothless watchdogs for the financial sector actors that brought down the economy in 2008. Not more tax loopholes and ‘holidays’ for corporate tax dodgers that drain our country’s resources and tilt the playing field against small businesses. What we need most of all is more customers.”
