It Should Be All About Jobs
Congressional Desk
December 15, 2009
Enzi visits White House to discuss ideas
Washington, D.C. – Following the President´s address to outline his jobs plan for America, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., who ran his own small business with his wife before coming to the Senate, was invited to the White House to further discuss ways to stimulate job growth. Enzi took the opportunity to encourage the country´s chief executive and Congress to slow down and listen to the people who provide the majority of jobs for this country.
"I urged the Administration to stop the rush to take over business, stop the rush to regulate businesses they don´t understand. They should focus on finding a way to get loans to small business to promote job growth. As long as they´re looking at regulations that add additional requirements on businesses, no one is going to increase their business´ size and add jobs. The President already listened to big business and big banks; it´s time that he truly listens to small business and does something to help them.
"The best thing the President can do and we in Congress can do is to slow down and stop the bleeding. That means we should listen to the small business owners in America. For them, lurking behind every corner is the shadow of another regulation, another tax. They can´t grow under this. The taxpayers and business owners can´t continue to foot the bill for new federal spending. If they do they´ll be spending their money on new taxes and regulation compliance instead of new paychecks for their employees. We´ve maxed out our credit cards. Individuals and small businesses know what that means, Congress and the Administration don´t. Too many people in the Administration who are making the laws have never run a small business.
"Every business looks simple to run until you scratch the surface. They haven´t even scratched the surface yet. If you spend all your time working for an entity that prints money you don´t know how to earn money. In order to increase jobs somebody has to produce something and somebody has to sell it. Regulation is important for the bad actors but most businesses aren´t bad actors, they´re just people trying to earn a living for their families and the families of people they employ.
"I appreciate the President focusing on jobs and the economy and I look forward to working with him and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on more concrete ideas and specifics about how to get Americans working again," said Enzi.
Washington, D.C. – Following the President´s address to outline his jobs plan for America, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., who ran his own small business with his wife before coming to the Senate, was invited to the White House to further discuss ways to stimulate job growth. Enzi took the opportunity to encourage the country´s chief executive and Congress to slow down and listen to the people who provide the majority of jobs for this country.
"I urged the Administration to stop the rush to take over business, stop the rush to regulate businesses they don´t understand. They should focus on finding a way to get loans to small business to promote job growth. As long as they´re looking at regulations that add additional requirements on businesses, no one is going to increase their business´ size and add jobs. The President already listened to big business and big banks; it´s time that he truly listens to small business and does something to help them.
"The best thing the President can do and we in Congress can do is to slow down and stop the bleeding. That means we should listen to the small business owners in America. For them, lurking behind every corner is the shadow of another regulation, another tax. They can´t grow under this. The taxpayers and business owners can´t continue to foot the bill for new federal spending. If they do they´ll be spending their money on new taxes and regulation compliance instead of new paychecks for their employees. We´ve maxed out our credit cards. Individuals and small businesses know what that means, Congress and the Administration don´t. Too many people in the Administration who are making the laws have never run a small business.
"Every business looks simple to run until you scratch the surface. They haven´t even scratched the surface yet. If you spend all your time working for an entity that prints money you don´t know how to earn money. In order to increase jobs somebody has to produce something and somebody has to sell it. Regulation is important for the bad actors but most businesses aren´t bad actors, they´re just people trying to earn a living for their families and the families of people they employ.
"I appreciate the President focusing on jobs and the economy and I look forward to working with him and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on more concrete ideas and specifics about how to get Americans working again," said Enzi.
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