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=='''Small Business Needs & Candidate Objectives May Be Misaligned==Businesses On What Matters:'''*Expansion of overtime eligibility*Department of labor’s legal counseling disclosure movement*Osha environmental regulation that affects manufacturing and farming*ESBA’s retirement reform could hinder small business retirement plans (NFIB) *Many of the regulatory costs are fixed costs thus businesses with 5 and 500 employees pay the same costs*42% of businesses surveyed say that few or no qualified individuals applied for an open position*Many other businesses cite that attracting customers to the business is their biggest problem '''Small Businesses Want to Grow: How Can they?'''
'''Republican Candidate Small Numerous reports have cited that small businesses have plans to expand within the next year. An analysis conducted by the Wallstreet Journal in January 2016, highlights fifty-four percent of small businesses surveyed say they expect their employee base to increase. Twenty-seven percent of businesses interviewed for a New York Federal Reserve report, detail plans to increase their full time staff within the next year. A report in February 2016 by the National Federation of Independent businesses however, documents forty-two percent of small business objectiveshave encountered obstacles in identifying qualified applicants for open positions. Similarly, survey results indicate that numerous businesses have expectations to increase profitability and/or sales revenue, while a complimentary majority cite difficulty in attracting customers and identifying new markets. To summarize the current state of affairs, it appears that small businesses share a desire to expand both financially and physically, but face disparities in realizing that goal. This therefore prompts the question:'''How should small businesses go about achieving affective and meaningful growth?
Trump: *Immigration reform calling for mass deportation of immigrants would decrease the opportunity for sb growth**40% of Fortune 500 companies were started by immigrants*Education reform slashing ''Adjusting to the budget current state of the department of education-> decrease in financing for sb innovative research program (a research and development project that investigates important education or assistive technology, science, or engineering questions under topics identified each year in the solicitation).*Tax reform, lowering the corporate tax from 35%->15% for all businesses (DTW1)*Reform health care policy, eliminating obamacare(Forbes)Capital Markets''
Cruz:*Tax reform code -16% corporate tax level*Wants to repeal Obamacare because Since the financial crisis of perceived inhibitory effects on 2008, small business owners have encountered obstacles in accessing traditional sources of capital.*Cut the exporthttps://ilsr.org/understanding-small-business-credit-import bankcrunch/-Alternative Financing sources available to small businesses to help with growth *Eliminate estate taxes and capital gainscrowd funding*Legislation http://www.crowdsourcing.org/editorial/global-crowdfunding-market-to prevent deduction of undocumented salaries around tax time-reach-344b-in-2015-predicts-massolutions-2015cf-industry-report/45376*Wants to eliminate the IRS Non-proft lenders *Dismantle the current EPA regulation regarding the clean power plan and, waters of the US rulehttp://www.businessnewsdaily.com/8448-best-business-loans.html(TCW)https://www.accion.org/content/statistical-reports*Adamantly opposed to a higher minimum wage in protecting sb ownershttps://www.accion.org/impact-and-key-statistics*Build out keystone pipleline(WP)Personal savings
Kasich:''Managing Labor Expansion Effectively''*Reduce corporate taxes from 35http://www.paychex.com/jobs-25%*Implement a one year moratorium on all regulation passed by the obama administration*Repeal Obamacare and implement a market based system of healthcare(BizJ)*Eliminate the estate tax (a tax levied on the net value of the estate of a deceased person before distribution to the heirsindex/index.)(FORT)aspx
'''Democratic Candidate Small Business Objectives'''Navigating Health Care Regulation*Understanding the affordable care act and its impacts on employmentparticipating in the SHOP Exchangenegotiating on private insurance plan pricesconverting their employee group plans into individual employer-sponsored plans, such as Health Savings Accounts or Health Reimbursement Accounts (HSA’s and HRA’s)switching to direct primary careusing Workplace Wellness ProgramsWhile some of these options may be accompanied by risks, they can serve as cheaper employer coverage alternatives. [http://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/08/5-smart-ways-small-firms-can-slash-health-care-costs.html]
Clinton:*Cut red tape in process ''Understanding How to start businesses *Provide tax relief and simplify tax filing*Encourage tapping of new markets*Improve access Leverage New Technologies to capital by easing burdens on community banks Attract Customers''*Use innovative new platforms so companies can sell anywhere in America and the world (eSocial media highlights for SB : https://www.gaabacosmallbusiness.com/advisor/15-social-media-statistics-every-business-needs-know-001509118. Amazon and Ebay)html*Easing burdens on community banks that provide credit to AT&T small-business owners and families looking to invest in their futures—without compromising protections for consumers or introducing new risks into the financial system(HCW SB)*Wants to increase the federal minimum wage*Wants to work to pass the paycheck fairness act to increase gender parity in the US(WP2)technology report : http://about.att.com/mediakit/2013techpoll
Sanders:
*Reform the patent system to protect innovations
*Visa reform , proposing the creation of a new visa for foreign skilled workers and entrepreneurs
*Wants to implement and pass legislation to instigate lower interest rates on loans, specifically, desires to grant small businesses the same rates as foreign businesses
*Education reform to create a better eligible workforce population
*Wants to eliminate corporate donations from political campaigns
(BSW)
'''Small Businesses On What Matters:'''
*Expansion of overtime eligibility
*Department of labor’s legal counseling disclosure movement
*Osha environmental regulation that affects manufacturing and farming
*ESBA’s retirement reform could hinder small business retirement plans
(NFIB)
==References==
FORT: http://fortune.com/2016/02/10/john-kasich/
 
SBET:http://www.nfib.com/assets/SBET-February-2016.pdf
 
SBO: http://newsroom.bankofamerica.com/files/press_kit/additional/Small_Business_Owner_Report_-_Fall_2015.pdf
TCW: https://www.tedcruz.org/issues/jobs-and-opportunity/

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