Poll: 21 Percent of Small Business Owners Will Decrease Workforce in 2013
A recent poll from the Wells Fargo/Gallup quarterly survey shows that U.S. small business owners are growing “increasingly pessimistic” as the new year approaches, finding that 21 percent of small business owners’ expect to decrease their workforces in the next 12 months to a level not seen since Aug. 2003.
Wells Fargo small business head Marc Bernstein attributed the potential decline in confidence in part to the possibility of going over the “fiscal cliff,” or the automatic tax hikes and defense cuts scheduled to occur if Congress and the White House do not reach a budget deal by the end of this month.
“Business owners who navigated through the Great Recession now face more uncharted territory created by ongoing uncertainty in Washington,” he said. More
Obamacare does not impact a business unless you have 50 employees. For this study a small business is a company that employs 500 people or less. The rhetoric from DC rarely states this. In this country 85 percent of employers have less than 50 employees. Small business is already hurting. Obamacare will not impact truly small employers. It is a skewed reality.
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ReplyDeleteObamacare does not impact a business unless you have 50 employees. For this study a small business is a company that employs 500 people or less. The rhetoric from DC rarely states this. In this country 85 percent of employers have less than 50 employees. Small business is already hurting. Obamacare will not impact truly small employers. It is a skewed reality.
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