76% of small-business owners view Obama's economic policies negatively. Will the economy ever significantly improve as long as Obama is in office?
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Small Businesses Worried about Debt,
Obamacare, Says Chamber Study
cause for concern among small business owners.
The media keep saying that the economy
is
recovering,
that austerity
( NOT debt) is a problem, and that the
arguments against Obamacare are “weak.”
But
many of this nation’s job creators completely disagree. Small business
owners
are still nervous about hiring, and concerned about federal debt and
regulations (especially the administration’s health care law).
According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s
Small
Business
Outlook
Survey
(Q1), released on April 16, 83 percent of
small business owners think the U.S. economy is “off on the wrong
track.”
Seventy-six percent also disapprove of President Obama’s handling of the
economy, in contrast to the mainstream media. None of the three
broadcast
evening news programs mentioned the survey that night.
The media have spun bad economic
news
or given it little
coverage
in order to shield the Obama
administration. NBC even used an outdated poll that showed Obama’s
overall
approval ratings at 47
percent
on Dec. 27, 2011, even though they had
dipped slightly in a newer poll.
A large majority, 73 percent, of the small business owners
said the business climate has “worsened” in the past two years. The same
number
said federal regulations on small businesses were “unreasonable.” In
contrast,
reporters and anchors call
for
or
support
calls
for
regulation
all the time: food regulation,
environmental regulation, financial regulation and more.
Of course, Obama’s mammoth health care law is probably the
biggest regulation passed under his presidency. The media have favored
Obamacare. After the Supreme Court took up the case regarding the
individual
health insurance mandate, The New York Times headline read: “A
Health
Law
At
Risk
Gives
Insurers
Pause.”
The Times quoted nine different people
who argued a defeat of Obamacare would hurt U.S. health care, and only
one who
thought such a decision would be good.
Both CNN and a blog on The New York Times have called the
view that an individual mandate for health insurance is unconstitutional
“weak.”
Once again, the mainstream media take a very different view
than small business owners. A huge number, 72 percent, of those owners
agreed
with the statement: “The recent healthcare law makes it much harder for
my
business to hire more employees.”
What do small businesses say would help them right now?
Majorities said that more certainty would be beneficial. So would
Washington
getting “out of the way.”
Top Opinion
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wicked soda boy 2012/04/19 23:57:36No, it won't. He's in his 4th year in office. If it hasn't significantly im...
+8It's not just the lack of improvement in the past 3 years. It's the concerns over Obama's unfinished, and stated objectives, which will continue to cause fear and uncertainty for small business owners who are afraid to invest in equipment, and afraid to hire additional workers.
If he gets enough policy changes, it will never improve, which is what he wants.
What he is doing is intentional!
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2. I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.
3. I voted Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
4. I voted Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.
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