The article nails it. My wife and I want to open a retail place in the small town we live in, but I look at the future we face (especially with an Obama re-election) and there is NO WAY I would risk it.
I opened my mircro-business in 2010. We’re up 40% over 2011. Yes, that is an increase you just read.
BUT...I need to hire. NEED to hire and keep shying away from it in leau of an 0bama re-election.
Ohio is doing very well under Kasich and colleagues in my tiny industry are claiming they had a Christmas July sales. We all think it was people taking/making that last hurrah as summer vacations going forward may not be so good. We have all found that people are very concerned over the economy, but are still taking that last great vacation or making trips across the country to see family they may not get to see in while. Gone are the postponing the trip because we’re too busy and here some are realizing it may be their last chance for a very long time.
This is what struck me in that 0bama speech when he told businesses we didn’t build that...it was he talked about the “little vacation,” and the “little American Dream.”
I am working most days from 5am until 11pm at night to avoid hiring. I am ‘dog tired’ as they say in my work. This morning as I showered I felt dizzy and physically exhausted. NEED help...but under 0bama how ...how do I make that happen.
Plus I heard discussion of a $10 minimum wage! I can’t pay that and all the other stuff that comes hiring someone.