Friends,
Turning our economy around and spurring job creation are my top priorities. In order to get our economy moving again, we need to ensure that our small businesses can grow and succeed. That is why I need your input on what Congress can do to help the small business community. Please take the survey below and share your thoughts, concerns, and ideas about the challenges you face and steps Congress can take to once again make our small businesses the engines of growth in New Mexico.
--Ben Ray Luján |
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In 2012, do you expect your company's profitability to increase or decrease compared to 2011? |
| Increase |
| Decrease |
| Stay the same |
| Don't know |
In 2012, do you expect your company's capital expenditures to increase or decrease compared to 2011? |
| Increase |
| Decrease |
| Stay the same |
| Don't know |
In the coming year, do you plan on hiring, laying off or furloughing workers?
Choose all that apply |
| Hire |
| Laying off |
| Furlough |
| None of the above; we plan on maintaining our current workforce |
What issues do you need assistance with or more information about?
Choose all that apply |
| Access to capital |
| Government contracting |
| Providing medical benefits |
| Taxes |
| Technical or general business assistance |
| Educational services (mentorship/consulting) |
| Advocacy (legislative and regulatroy issues) |
SBA provides assistance to a number of businesses depending on the type of ownership and size. Please sleect the categories that you fall under:
Choose all that apply |
| Veteran-owned |
| Women-owned |
| Native American-owned |
| Minority-owned |
| 8(a) Business Development |
| 50+ Entrepreneurs |
| Rural Entrepreneurs |
| Underserved Markets: HUB Zone, Low to Moderate Income Communities (LMIs), Empowerment Zone – Enterprise Communities (EZ/EC) |
Do you support: |
Reducing taxes for employers who hire new workers who are veterans or currently unemployed? |
| Strongly Support |
| Support |
| Oppose |
| Strongly Oppose |
| Don't Know |
Extending an already existing program that allows small businesses to access low-interest refinancing without the requirement of expansion? |
| Strongly Support |
| Support |
| Oppose |
| Strongly Oppose |
| Don't Know |
Temporarily increasing federal payments to local and state governments to prevent layoffs? |
| Strongly Support |
| Support |
| Oppose |
| Strongly Oppose |
| Don't Know |
What is the single most important problem facing your business: poor sales, tight credit, taxes, regulations, competition from larger businesses, cost of labor, other (please describe)? |
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Does your business contract with the federal government? If yes, are there ways in which the contracting process could be changed that would make it easier for your business to access contracting opportunities? |
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Has your business utilized any programs aimed at assisting small businesses run by the Small Business Administration, Commerce Department, the Export-Import Bank, or any other federal agency? If so, which programs did you use? |
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What steps could the federal government take that would be most beneficial for your business in the coming year? |
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