Regulations, healthcare, minimum wage—the small business community had a lot to say about these issues and more.
Plain and simple: Small businesses are sick of regulations. (Not that that needs much justification, but check out the response to a recent chilling regulation report that highlights how bad the problem has gotten.)
So when the need to reduce federal regulations was brought up during Pres. Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address, the small business community did not miss a beat, and Twitter flooded with calls to decrease that burden.
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But regulations weren’t the only subject that received an outpouring of comments. Small business also latched on to the importance of Main Street in the economy, the rising cost of healthcare, the burden of energy policies and more.
Here’s what people had to say:
I’m glad to hear that small business is a priority. As a fledgling entrepreneur this is uber important to me. #SOTU
— Meredith Hurston MHA (@meredithhurston) January 13, 2016
As a #smallbiz owner I agree ~ small business owners need a voice in our country. #SOTU
— Annie Brown (@annieidabrown) January 13, 2016
#DYK: The burden of regulation falls disproportionately on #smallbiz & #manufacturers. #SOTU https://t.co/Lq4iFryXYa pic.twitter.com/jULeswPbFd
— Nat Assoc of Mfg (@ShopFloorNAM) January 13, 2016
Yes! Cut outdated red tape and regulation on #smallbiz @POTUS We need action though! Not just words. #SOTU
— SBE Council (@SBECouncil) January 13, 2016
Not enough to say we have “outdated regulations” that cripple small businesses – we need to get rid of them https://t.co/hdklJfxW5f #sotu
— JD Harrison (@jd_harrison) January 13, 2016
President Obama missed a chance in his final #SOTU to highlight how regulations hurt working-class Americans. https://t.co/v62hKDmkBI
— Watchdog.org (@Watchdogorg) January 14, 2016
Obama still worried about minimum wage, gun laws, paid leave when sick. And you wonder why we’re in trillions of debt. Small biz can’t win.
— David Pierce (@D3Pierce) January 13, 2016
#SOTU #POTUS jobs growth weak due to Obamacare, especially for small biz @NCPA https://t.co/1hWfwjHoIl via @sharethis
— John R. Graham (@johnrgraham) January 13, 2016
The cost of #healthcare is so high, it’s crippling #smallbusiness. RT if you agree. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/7WsYHoRmFF
— NFIB (@NFIB) January 13, 2016
#Obamacare was supposed to be about lower costs, but that isn’t happening for #smallbiz. #SOTU
— SBE Council (@SBECouncil) January 13, 2016
Why is the President’s perspective so different from the reality of #smallbiz owners? #SOTU pic.twitter.com/dxlm1bQHnT
— NFIB (@NFIB) January 13, 2016
#smallbiz is the backbone of communities across the US, why are they paying so much more? #SOTU pic.twitter.com/B2mKzzj4Up
— NFIB (@NFIB) January 13, 2016
This is the reality of @POTUS‘ climate change proposal. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/4rG0aRLgHo
— NFIB (@NFIB) January 13, 2016
