Even with Unemployment Sky-High, House Dems Votes to Make it Harder for Small Businesses to Create Jobs
California Dem Puts Her Party’s Spending Spree Before Needs of Small Businesses
WASHINGTON — The California unemployment rate for March was announced today at 11.0 percent which comes in the wake of Lois Capps voting against much-needed tax relief for small businesses. With this vote, Capps is forcing California small-business owners to face an uphill climb against her party’s commitment to sky-high tax burdens and crushing regulations.
“California’s sky-high unemployment numbers prove that small businesses are in dire need of relief, yet Lois Capps’ vote this week did nothing but make it even harder for them to hire,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “It is becoming more apparent every day that the tax and spend agenda of Capps and her party simply isn’t working. Isn’t it time Capps made it easier for California’s small businesses to grow and hire more workers?”
In March, California’s unemployment rate remained unacceptably high at 11.0 percent. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/20/2012)
Washington Democrats’ harsh regulations and wasteful spending addiction has handicapped small-business owners and as a result the American labor market has come to a halt:
“More evidence emerged Thursday that the recovery might be losing momentum, as new claims for jobless benefits fell less than expected in the last week.”
“Combined with the most recent jobs report, which showed the economy added a disappointing 120,000 jobs in March, it paints a picture of a labor market, and perhaps an economy, that is losing the steam it exhibited earlier in the year.”
(Peter Schroeder, “Jobless claims remain high as evidence mounts of stalled labor market, The Hill, April 19, 2012)