The Strengthening America's Future Initiative
Between 2001 and 2007, small and medium-sized businesses created 72 percent of all new jobs in the United States. Since the country entered a recession in the fall of 2007, 79 percent of all the jobs lost have come from small and medium sized firms as well. Small businesses make the U.S. economy flexible and robust in the face of technological change and global competition, but they are also vulnerable. Ensuring the future vitality of the small business sector requires a comprehensive policy approach that cogently links across a series of front burner issues facing the country. This report outlines policy recommendations in four key areas that affect the competitiveness of small and medium-sized businesses: health care reform, immigration reform, access to capital, and regulatory reform.
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