>Small businesses are key to job creation, not government
BY U.S. Rep. SCOTT GARRETT
U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett
With New Jersey’s unemployment rate locked in at 9.2 percent, residents of the Garden State are all too familiar with the economic travails facing our country.
Understanding the challenges confronting job creators is a top priority of mine as I work to put my constituents back to work, which is why I recently took to the road for a tour of businesses in the 5th District to discuss job creation and the state of the economy with local business leaders.
From Franklin Lakes to Belvidere, I made stops across the district during my business tour. The topics I discussed along the way ranged from the costly effects of burdensome regulations to the lack of capital available to small-business owners to grow their businesses and hire new workers. While each business faces unique challenges, one word rang true in all my conversations: uncertainty.
Business owners are uncertain if their taxes are going to go up if the $1.6 trillion budget deficit isn’t handled in a responsible way. Businesses owners are uncertain if they will have the ability to access the capital they need to expand.
Businesses owners are uncertain about the cost of Obamacare and whether or not they will have to let employees go — much less hire new ones — because of increased health care costs.
Business owners are uncertain about rising compliance costs due to never-ending regulations from every level of government.
https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/11/guest_column_small_businesses.html
