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Poll: Small Businesses Say Weak Customer Demand, Not Regulations, Their Problem

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On February 1, the Main Street Alliance, Small Business Majority, and the American Sustainable Business Council released the results of a national poll of small businesses on regulations and job creation.

The poll found that small business owners’ main concern is weak customer demand, not regulations. When asked what would do the most to create jobs, small business owners’ top response was eliminating incentives to move jobs overseas. Reducing regulation came in fifth place. In fact, most small business owners see government standards as an important tool to level the playing field with big business.

Click here to read the report on the poll results.

Click here to read the related press release with key findings. 

Click here to listen to an interview with Jim Houser (owner of Hawthorne Auto Clinic in Portland, Oregon and co-chair of the Main Street Alliance of Oregon).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poll: Small Business Owners Call Access to Credit a Problem, Support Proposals to Boost Economy

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.

What Do Small Business Owners Want to Hear in the State of the Union Address?

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 »»

Small Business United v. Citizens United

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Two years ago on January 21, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the controversial Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case. In a divided 5-4 decision, the majority ruled that corporations are free to spend unlimited sums of money in our country’s elections.

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January 18: Poll: Supreme Court Citizens United Decision Hurts Small Businesses

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 download the survey report “Small Businesses Reject Role of Money in Politics; View Citizens United Decision as Bad for Business”

Click here to read the press release from MSA, SBM, and ASBC

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    • Poll: Small Businesses Say Weak Customer Demand, Not Regulations, Their Problem
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