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FOXBusiness.com's Kate Rogers on National Small Business Week and the struggles business owners are facing in this economic climate.
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It's been a small businesses and onto the market -- was nearly she is every Friday foxbusiness.com.
This is strangling our small business owners -- things.
Small business.
Which is all about advocating for and -- Heating and general public about.
The House of Representatives small business media which is headed by Sam -- mystery.
He is.
And Harrison is represented actually listening for -- -- to hear from some business owners all across the country about what it's summon there greatest fears and struggles -- in this economic time.
Nice thing.
Well represented Jo Walsh who he met with over 200 small business owners in his seat.
Well and it it's equally that he got bonuses that they're -- a real mix of the year and I mean.
And certainty and also anger.
Because of everything that's going and I have these conditions harder to conduct business as usual because they're under greater regulation for the agency that EPA you know.
And also just like the rest of -- struggling with high gas prices getting to work is something that they're really anxious about -- so small businesses that are reliant on.
Transportation to get the job done there really stressing out about these aspects.
It's interesting that you say that because this offices can continents.
Index for awhile -- sort of ticking up.
And ask completely great we've seen it turn yet he -- in the -- -- exactly and it's so it's starting to turn and you wonder what she is and gas prices have -- got to be one of -- -- -- -- certainly it's a big area that there's stress about it also they're stressing out about taxes with his.
Cuts do expire pictures and they're not sure they're going to be the EC tax hikes next year and everything increase and it basically.
They're just sitting on their cash they're not ready to hire new people they're not ready to invest -- expansion in.
Anxious about what's coming down there looking for a sense of stability we've got -- for into the next move.
The rest of us are thinking that small business isn't really what can bring stability back to archives -- -- -- -- -- The government created inertia in many ways great you know even with this extension of the tax cuts like you said.
They're still going away so we don't know what's gonna happen right around the same time Obama care -- health care plan kicks in and that's an added cost as well so with that.
Why do anything.
Exactly so they immediately -- and that accessibility for the really wouldn't.
Authorities take the next that's like hiring and -- can't -- So why is there any talk that there's any kind of plan to -- these guys stability while they're saying they want more -- that would.
It was huge great he -- that's like that -- -- -- that there were important.
With anything go.
Well some good news actually covered a few weeks back that -- -- And a loosening up that -- it comes to do so banks like cheese and Wells Fargo made up their mid teens -- -- that money.
Next two years so that's definitely good things represented -- as saying that if these small businesses are ready to take the next step fit.
-- -- there for them to the head.
64% of net job past fifteen years actually read about small businesses according.
Small Business Administration -- so they're forced to be -- less than it was what this was all about getting more out there has.
People about what they eat but you know we've -- business and yet still for some reason we continue to -- them -- that they're not gonna get our economy back again.
And for they're not getting any attention and it probably has everything to do with the fact that they can't afford big lobbyists.
And they can't afford it boils down there yeah it's it's let me status here that we have a few representatives that actually -- definitely in.
I think it's great that they want to actually sat down and town hall have been watching 200 this isn't cool that really isn't it here.
Straight from there don't know what they're worried about what -- Helping to again.
And they are critics -- worried that became I just thank you so much heat up story some factors that -- right combat thank.
