Other issues: Small business jobs proposals, lending

Small Business Majority has focused on healthcare reform until now because surveys of small business owners showed clearly that healthcare costs have been their number one problem for a long time. As our work on healthcare continues, however, we’re broadening our scope to include a few other critical issues, so we can continue to bring the voices of small businesses to the policymakers who can make a difference—and support the 28 million Americans who are the keys to getting our economy back on track.

Small Business Majority in the news:

Trading Markets, Baucus, Reed join family and small business advocates to discuss efforts to help American workers, states and businesses, March 5, 2010

PBS NewsHour, Judy Woodruff, Obama Jobs Push Focusing on Small Business, Febuary 3, 2010

Washington Post, Obama unveils a $33 billion tax-break plan to boost jobs, January 29, 2010

Portfolio.com, Obama Plans For Small Business Face Challenges, January 28, 2010

San Francisco Business Times, Obama’s small business proposals get mixed reviews, January 28, 2010

San Diego Union Tribune, Small firms still facing hurdles in borrowing, December 16, 2009

Resources:

Small business job creation

• Jump-Starting the Job Market: How Well Will a Job Tax Credit Work (Moody’s Economy.com)(PDF)
• Jobs and wages tax credit fact sheet (White House)(PDF)
• Jobs and wages tax cut should be part of a new jobs package (Economic Policy Institute)
• The job creation tax credit (Timothy Bartick and John Bishop, Economic Policy Institute)