LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 15, 2014—The voice of American small businesses today announced its endorsement of Ben Sasse for the U.S. Senate.
“He would bring a welcome blend of experience and energy to a legislative body all too calcified by partisan and ideological rancor,” said Bob Hallstrom, Nebraska state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s largest and leading small-business association. “As a former assistant secretary for Health and Human Services, Ben Sasse has a thorough understanding of health care policy and has used this knowledge to be an adamant and vocal opponent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But what I like the most is the energy he brings to everything he does. His qualities will serve Nebraska well.”
The endorsement was made by the National Federation of Independent Business’ SAFE Trust (Save America’s Free Enterprise), the association’s political action committee. In a survey of its Nebraska membership, 92 percent of respondents thought NFIB should be involved in this race. Out of those who thought NFIB should endorse a candidate, 94 percent supported Ben Sasse, and 6 percent supported Dave Domina.
Quick, single-pages of bulleted information on the power of the small-business vote, what a small business is and the distinctions it has from a big business can be found here.
America’s largest small-business association, the National Federation of Independent Business has almost 5,000 dues-paying members in Nebraska. “Small businesses significantly impact Nebraska’s economy,” reports the Office of Advocacy at the U.S. Small Business Administration. “They represent 96.6 percent of all employers and employ 50.9 percent of the private-sector labor force. Small businesses are crucial to the fiscal condition of the state and numbered 164,465 in 2010 … Most of Nebraska’s small businesses … have fewer than 20 employees.”
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For more than 70 years, the National Federation of Independent Business has been the Voice of Small Business, taking the message from Main Street to the halls of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. NFIB annually surveys its members on state and federal issues vital to their survival as America’s economic engine and biggest creator of jobs. NFIB’s educational mission is to remind policymakers that small businesses are not smaller versions of bigger businesses; they have very different challenges and priorities.
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