The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has
just launched a national political program casting the 2014 elections as a
“referendum” on Washington’s ability to restore trust with the small business
community. The “Vote for Main Street”
campaign defines crucial policy priorities for small businesses and their
employees and urges them to support and vote for candidates with a track record
of keeping their promises to small businesses. Watch the video.
We’re encouraging our 15,000 Indiana NFIB members to join in the effort to
“Vote Main Street” in our statehouse races as well as the critical races for
Congress. It is obvious that the NFIB’s
members across the country are experiencing a crisis in confidence with their
elected representatives in Washington.
Small business owners are tired of hearing every politician’s
platitudes: “We care about small
business,” and “Small business is the backbone
of America.” Easy to say but way too
many don’t put their votes where their mouths are.
In Indiana, NFIB members want to see candidates elected that put word into
action and address the issues that are important to Hoosier small business
owners:
- Fighting any effort to expand the sales tax to services
- Eliminating the nuisance tax filings of Business Personal Property
(those returns that don’t raise enough revenue to cover the cost of
processing the return - Eliminating unnecessary regulations and fees
The nationwide campaign also includes a paid media effort
to support candidates who are “Small Business Certified” and to educate voters
on exactly what’s at stake this year and how they can help bring real change to
Washington. In the coming weeks, state-specific web pages will be unveiled with
candidate endorsements and will include tools that make it easy for voters to
support NFIB-backed candidates.
NFIB is asking candidates for Congress who want the support of small businesses
to become “Small Business Certified,” by committing to five common-sense
solutions that will help small businesses thrive and create more jobs for
millions of American workers. If elected, candidates must promise to vote to:
- Curb EPA overreach and keep
environmental regulations sensible (H.R. 3826, the Electricity
Security and Affordability Act)
- Repeal Obamacare’s small-business health insurance tax
(HIT) (H.R.763, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers
enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)
- Require Congress to pass a balanced federal budget each
fiscal year (H.J.Res.1, Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution of the United States)
- Call on the federal government to certify that Obamacare
is not having a negative economic impact on small businesses (H.R.4728,
Certify It Act of 2014)
- Restore the definition of a full-time work week to the
traditional 40 hours, replacing the more recent 30-hour full-time definition (H.R.2575,
the Save American Workers (SAW) Act)
Watch for our voter guide in the coming days and share it with your
employees. Also…. don’t forget to vote
your Indiana NFIB Member Ballot when you receive it in November. The NFIB Ballot is how YOU determine the
priority issues for the Indiana state office.
YOU give me my marching orders for the coming 2015 Legislative session.
Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any questions or concerns
with any issue, with state government or any state agency. Most of all…. Thank you for being an NFIB
member!
