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Job Creators Alliance Small
Business SurveyJanuary 7-10, 2013
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Methodology
The following national survey wasconducted by OnMessage Inc. Telephone
interviews were conducted January 7-10,2013. This survey consists of 600 smallbusiness owners of 100 employees or lessand was stratified by state to reflect
population distribution. The margin oferror for this survey is +/- 4.0%.
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In your opinion, what is the single most important
issue facing Americas small businesses today?
25
11
10 8 7 6
3 3
9
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
Taxes
Health Care
Gov't Regs
Economy
Budget/Deficit
Tight Credit
Gov't Interference
Lack Of Jobs
Don't Know
All other responses: 18%
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In your opinion, what is the single most important
issue facing Americas small businesses today?
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0
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20
30
40
50
60
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100
More Hostile Less Hostile DK/R
49
7 11
22
12
Somewhat
Much
Thinking now about policies coming from Washington, do you
feel that the environment has become more or less hostile to
free enterprise in recent years?
71
19
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Policies From Washington: More Or Less HostileParty / Ideology
0
10
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50
60
70
80
90
100
Democrat Independent Republican Liberal Moderate Conservative
41
68
88
46
63
86
42
189
36
259
17 143 18 12 5
More Hostile Less Hostile DK/R
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Policies From Washington: More Or Less HostileGender / Race
0
10
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40
50
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80
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100
Male Female White Non White
73
63
73
55
18 21 16
34
9 16 11 11
More Hostile Less Hostile DK/R
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21% 20%
17%
27%
12%
4%
Obamacare
New Regulations
Increased Tax Rates
All of the above
None of the above
DK/R
Which of the following would be most likely to adversely
impact the growth of your business and hiring plans?
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48%
16%
7%
5%
8%
11%6%
Lack of substantial spending cuts to address long-term fiscal challenges.
Expiration of the payroll tax holiday for workers.
Increase in the marginal tax rate for households
making over $450 thousand dollars a year from35% to 39.6%.
Hike in tax rates on dividends and capital gains for
households making over $450 thousand dollars a
year from 15% to 20%.
All of the above
None of the above
DK/R
Now Id like to read you a few things about the deal Congress struck to
avert the so-called fiscal cliff. Thinking about the impact on your business,
which ONE of these aspects of the deal, if any, concerns you most?
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0
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20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Positive Negative DK/R
8
402210
20 SomewhatVery
Do you think the new health care program, commonly known
as Obamacare, will have a positive or negative impact on your
business in 2013?
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60
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Obamacare: Positive Or Negative Impact On BizParty / Gender
0
10
2030
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Democrat Independent Republican Male Female
53
144
16 2318
62
79
6450
2924
17 2027
Positive Negative DK/R
