Small Biz Owners: Big Businesses, Millionaires Not Paying Fair Share
Feb 7, 2012 by Gary Therkildsen*
The American Sustainable Business Council, Main Street Alliance, and Small Business Majority released a new poll yesterday gauging small business owners’ opinions on taxes. On everything from the tax rates of the wealthy to corporations' exploitation of loopholes in the tax code, small business owners from across the nation say big businesses and millionaires aren’t paying their fair share.
read in fullNew Poll Shows Small Business Owners Value Regulation, Name Weak Demand as the Primary Obstacle to Job Creation
Feb 2, 2012 by Katie Greenhaw
In a new national poll commissioned by the American Sustainable Business Council, Main Street Alliance, and Small Business Majority, small business owners named weak customer demand, not standards and safeguards, as the most important problem facing their businesses right now. In fact, a majority of the small business owners surveyed agreed that fair, effective regulation of business is necessary to ensure competitiveness and fairness in a modern global economy. Small business owners also support policies that ensure environmental health, food safety, and worker protection for customers and communities. The results show that small businesses want real solutions to actual problems, not more anti-regulatory rhetoric from policymakers.
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