Small Business Blog Post Material

Small Businesses On What Matters:

• Expansion of overtime eligibility
• Department of labor’s legal counseling disclosure movement
• Osha environmental regulation that affects manufacturing and farming
• ESBA’s retirement reform could hinder small business retirement plans

(NFIB)

• Many of the regulatory costs are fixed costs thus businesses with 5 and 500 employees pay the same costs
• 42% of businesses surveyed say that few or no qualified individuals applied for an open position
• Many other businesses cite that attracting customers to the business is their biggest problem

References

BizJ: http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/washingtonbureau/2015/12/john-kasich-small-business-interview-for-president.html

BSW: http://feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-small-business-and-entrepreneurship/

DTW1: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/tax-reform

Forbes:http://www.forbes.com/sites/rohitarora/2016/02/29/why-donald-trump-would-be-the-worst-president-for-small-business/#3a4cd26a1c0f

HCW-SB: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/small-business/

FORT: http://fortune.com/2016/02/10/john-kasich/

SBET:http://www.nfib.com/assets/SBET-February-2016.pdf

SBO: http://newsroom.bankofamerica.com/files/press_kit/additional/Small_Business_Owner_Report_-_Fall_2015.pdf

TCW: https://www.tedcruz.org/issues/jobs-and-opportunity/

WP: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2015/03/23/what-a-ted-cruz-white-house-could-mean-for- businesses/

WP2: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2015/10/22/gene-marks-why-hillary-clinton-could-be-your-small-business-president/