Straight Talk - Weekly Update from Sam

Statement

Dear Friends,
The United States is in a slow recovery that is leaving millions of Americans out of work. To the credit of many resilient small businesses, they have survived the economic slump, but most of them are not planning to hire people. As President Obama pivots back to jobs and the economy this week, searching again for the right message, it's important to note that what small businesses need is no mystery. It's just time for the White House to finally hear what small businesses have been saying all along. A good place to start is with the recent U.S. Chamber survey, in which small businesses point to the health care law's requirements as their top concern, along with regulations and economic uncertainty. Four out of five want the federal government to "get out of the way."

Unless the pivot is toward fewer regulations, lower taxes, more certainty and -- most of all -- the repeal of the health care law, then it's more of the same rhetoric of the last four and a half years. When it comes to small business growth, what we need isn't more speeches, it's less government.

Sincerely,

Sam Graves
Chairman

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