Small Businesses Pessimistic

ho ever you might wanna blame for the shenanigans in Washington, the result is not good for small business CEOs, their expectations and, presumably, their staffs:

SAN FRANCISCO, November 30, 2012 – Small business owners as a group are now the most pessimistic they have been since the third quarter of 2010, according to the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index. The Index fell 28 points to negative 11 (-11) in the post-election survey conducted Nov. 12-16, 2012.

Most interesting to Americans in general is the expectations surrounding jobs:

Likely related to owners’ pessimism, one in five small business owners (21 percent) expects to decrease the number of jobs at their company over the next 12 months – the largest percentage of small businesses expecting to reduce jobs since the inception of the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index in 2003. One in four owners (26 percent) reported a reduction in the number of jobs at their company over the past 12 months, representing the largest percentage since the fourth quarter of 2010.

There is little hope that the situation in Washington is going to work out for the small businessman.  Some of the blame can certainly be attributed to the expectation that republicans would refuse to work with Obama.  However, a significant amount of that pessimism most certainly is attributed to the anti-business attitude that the Obama administration brings to Washington.

2 responses to “Small Businesses Pessimistic

  1. Note, though, how big business is in with Obama. And with the GOP. Big business and both parties conspire against small business. Big business wants people to think in partisan terms because they have an inside track with each party.

    • Note, though, how big business is in with Obama. And with the GOP.

      Right.

      Which is why I want smaller government so that big business can’t do so much damage.

      When faced with the same dilemma, however, the solution advocated by the left is to INCREASE the power of the State. The very state that they fear.

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