Economy

Serie de seminarios web The Bottom Line 2022

Este otoño, la serie de seminarios web llamada The Bottom Line ha traído juntos a oficiales de la Agencia Federal de las Pequeñas Empresas (SBA por sus siglas en inglés), defensores de las pequeñas empresas y expertos en discusiones sobre cómo abordar los desafïos económicos que enfrentan las pequeñas empresas el día de hoy.

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Opinion Poll: The Role of Micro Businesses in Our Economy

Publisher: 
Association for Enterprise Opportunity, National Association for the Self-Employed, and Small Business Majority
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Date: 
martes, octubre 9, 2012

Small businesses are one of the most respected constituencies in the country, and certainly one of the most courted by policymakers in Washington. However, small businesses are also a group that legislators and the general public understand little about—the very smallest ones, especially. Those businesses are known as “micro businesses.”

Opinion Poll: Small Business Views on Taxes and the Role of Government

Publisher: 
Small Business Majority
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Date: 
jueves, octubre 25, 2012

Small businesses have become a key weapon in politicians’ arsenals when arguing for practically any policy that has an economic impact. Policies associated with the current tax debate are no exception. Countless rounds of legislative battles have been and will continue to be fought over whether small businesses will be hurt if tax breaks for high income earners are allowed to expire at the end of 2012.

Small Businesses Want Long-Term Solution to Debt Ceiling Issue

Publisher: 
Small Business Majority
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Date: 
miércoles, enero 23, 2013

For the second time since the summer of 2011, Congress is debating whether or not to raise the federal debt ceiling—the legal limit on how much the federal government can borrow. While addressing our debt is an important issue that carries weight for small business and the economy, some politicians have been misusing the debt ceiling as a mechanism for furthering their own partisan agendas. Short-term solutions lead to uncertainty for small businesses and our job creators want our leaders to put this issue to rest.

Opinion Survey: Small Business Owner Opinions on Access to Credit and Proposals to Boost the Economy

Publisher: 
Small Business Majority, Main Street Alliance and the American Sustainable Business Council
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Date: 
jueves, enero 26, 2012

Small business owners are suffering from weak sales and decreased customer demand, and on top of that, a lack of access to credit. It is difficult for small business owners to access the credit that will help them grow, hire and jumpstart the economy. Our new opinion polling shows an overwhelming 90% of small business owners nationwide agree the availability of credit for small businesses is a problem, and 61% agree it’s harder to get a loan now than it was four years ago.

Small Business Views on the Fiscal Cliff and Proposals to Address it

Publisher: 
Small Business Majority
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Date: 
miércoles, noviembre 14, 2012

As small business owners prepare to close the books on 2012, our country is fast approaching the edge of what’s been dubbed the “fiscal cliff.” This critical situation—created by a host of tax cuts set to expire at the end of 2012, coupled with billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts that will be triggered if Congress and the president can’t agree on a way to reduce the deficit by year’s end—has dire consequences for small businesses. Many of the tax provisions set to expire benefit small businesses and the middle class, small businesses’ core customer base.

State of the Union address includes small business-friendly policies

The president’s State of the Union speech last night touched on many of small business owners’ key concerns, particularly increasing consumer demand by strengthening the middle class, closing corporate tax loopholes and ensuring open and fair Internet access for all. What’s more, the president highlighted the importance of small businesses and the middle class—the engine of small business prosperity.

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What Small Business Owners Should Know About Access to Capital

There are many complex policy issues that have a major impact on the small business community. Each week, we’re going to help break one of those issues down so small business owners can stay in the know and remain aware of their stake in these national issues. This week’s Issue Q&A is on access to capital.

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