Small Business Optimism Falls to Six-Month Low as Holiday Shopping Disappoints
Small business owners expect sales conditions and the overall economy to deteriorate in the coming year.

Small business owners expect sales conditions and the overall economy to deteriorate in the coming year.
Jimmy John’s restaurant chain founder Jimmy John Liautaud told Breitbart News that welfare destroys “a man’s soul” and America’s businesses in an exclusive interview at Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt have “declared war” on workers and small businesses with their tax-hiking autumn budget, according to Nigel Farage.
Over one-third (37 percent) of small businesses could not pay their rent in full or on time in October.
The cost of a pint of beer must rise to up to £20 (~$23) if British pubs are to stay in business this winter, an industry bigwig warns.
A business group sent a letter to San Francisco officials threatening to stop paying taxes if the city did not address issues including the homeless problem.
At least one kindergarten in the UK has told children to wear more clothes to keep warm, as the business itself cannot afford to keep the heating on constantly.
Alfredo Ortiz of Job Creators Network writes in THE HILL that President Joe Biden isn’t fooling anyone with his so-called Inflation Reduction Act. Americans know the massive spending bill will do no such thing:
Alfredo Ortiz of Job Creators Network writes in FoxBusiness that the so-called Inflation Reduction Act promises to create particular hardships for small businesses and should be blocked by moderate, vulnerable House Democrats.
Businesses with fewer than 50 employees saw their payrolls drop by 91,000 in May, ADP said Thursday.
Alfredo Ortiz of Job Creators Network writes in TheHill that inflated wholesale costs have produced a crisis among small businesses, but Democrats in Congress are totally out of touch with their pressing concerns.
Alfredo Ortiz of Job Creators Network writes in RealClear Politics about President Joe Biden’s myriad failures during his first year in office, resulting in a considerable voter shift from the Democrat Party to the Republicans:
Alfredo Ortiz of Job Creators Network writes in FOXBusiness that the Supreme Court’s decision to stop the OSHA employer vaccine mandate is a gift to small businesses, allowing them to get back to restoring the U.S. economy.
While the omicron variant of coronavirus is highly infectious, Sotomayor was wrong: deaths and hospitalizations have been less frequent than for delta.
Alfredo Ortiz of Job Creators Network writes in FOXBusiness that outgoing NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has delivered a coup de grâce to the city’s small businesses by issuing a mandate that all private sector employees in the city receive the vaccination against coronavirus before year’s end.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Labor Secretary Marty Walsh stated that in order for small businesses to get their employees back to work, “the biggest thing is going to be COVID-19, quite honestly, making sure that we’re getting
Stagflation is coming. By many metrics, it’s already here. Small businesses and ordinary Americans are paying the price. Democrats reckless spending, including their pending deal on the Build Back Better reconciliation bill, would turn this stagflation problem into a crisis.
Alfredo Ortiz of Job Creators Network writes in RealClear Politics about legislation proposed by Sen. Marco Rubio designed to protect shareholders from company CEOs who take “woke” political actions counter to sound business practices.
The crisis unfolding at a makeshift camp of nearly 15,000 mostly Haitian migrants under the Del Rio International Bridge has a devastating impact on the local community of Del Rio, Texas. Although mostly out of the public eye due to the remote location of the camp, residents are feeling the impact in the small Texas town. The closure of ports of entry leading to Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, forced many local businesses in Del Rio to operate with fewer employees.
A “record share” of U.S. small businesses had unfilled positions in August, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
Recent data from the federal government reveals there are more job openings now than at any other point on record. While the vacancies leave the labor market wide open for those seeking employment, businesses, especially small ones, are suffering.
Restaurants and venues owned by white men will be last in line for federal relief under President Joe Biden’s “Restaurants Revitalization Fund” (RRF), prioritizing funds for women and minority groups first.
Biden will try to claim that his government spending blowout and proposed tax increases and labor regulations will help the economy, which reached new heights under Trump.
Biden’s remarks, part of a seven-day, seven-state “Help is Here” tour to sell the recently passed $1.9 spending blowout, coincided with reports that the Biden Administration is simultaneously preparing to execute the biggest federal tax hike in 30 years.
Connecticut Gov. Lamont said he plans to end capacity limits on restaurants, other businesses, and churches, but still require social distancing and masks.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has donated more than $1 million over the last month to small businesses impacted by COVID-19 in and around his hometown of Chico, Calif.
In an act of civil disobedience, a tattoo shop in South London opened on Saturday, January 30 in protest against lockdown restrictions, which prevent “non-essential” shops from operating. In an exclusive interview with Breitbart London, the owner of the Croydon-based
British police reportedly threatened to fine families for buying milk from a farm stand and told patrons to take their business to supermarkets in order to keep in line with coronavirus restrictions.
Elaine Parker of Job Creators Nerwork writes in The Orange County Register that business restrictions in response to the coronavirus need to be lifted, and this can be accomplished with the full and rapid dissemination of the 95% effective vaccines:
President Joe Biden struck a chord of unity in his inauguration speech on Wednesday. “Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this: bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation,” he said. “And I ask every American to join me in this cause.”
Dozens of business owners in Minnesota are reacting to Democrat Gov. Tim Walz coronavirus restrictions by remaining open.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said the threats facing the country are coronavirus, the economic downturn, racism, and climate change.
The pushback against Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom’s strict coronavirus lockdown is growing, including in rural communities.
An owner of Mac’s Public House in Grant City, New York, was arrested for violating state and city coronavirus rules by serving diners indoors.
Restaurant owner Adam Skelly was arrested by Toronto police Thursday after defying the city’s Wuhan coronavirus lockdown order for several days by opening his barbeque restaurant for indoor dining.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) has issued an executive order, to take effect Thanksgiving Day, that sets a fine of $10,000 for businesses that violate his Chinese coronavirus restrictions.
A Tuscan group representing small and medium-sized enterprises has threatened the government with a tax strike if businesses are forced to close due to Wuhan coronavirus lockdown measures.
Reform Party leader Nigel Farage warned that the UK is heading towards “mass business bankruptcies” and “massive unemployment”, while Jeff Bezos and Amazon reap the rewards of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s second national lockdown. During the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, Amazon
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to impose a second national lockdown in England next week, as government models predict a deadly second wave of the Chinese coronavirus in the winter.
At a ‘Stop the New Normal’ protest in London on Saturday, thousands of Britons demonstrated against the British government’s China virus restrictions, including one woman who claimed the lockdowns have destroyed her business. In a message to Prime Minister Boris