Dreier seeks help for small businesses
In separate letters to President Barack Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week, Rep. David Dreier joined other House GOP Leaders in asking the president and speaker to consider specific proposals that will help small businesses keep more of what they earn, hire more workers and provide expanded benefits for their existing employees, according to a news release from the lawmaker's office.
"With unemployment still rising, we clearly need to do more to help small businesses keep the workers they have and hopefully hire more. Small businesses are the engine of job creation, not the government," Dreier said.
"By reaching out to President Obama and Speaker Pelosi, it is our hope that we can facilitate some bipartisan action that will help spur real job creation. There are simple things we can do, and they don't involve more wasteful government spending. The American people need us to work together to solve our nation's challenges."
The proposals put forward in the letter were developed by the House GOP Economic Recovery and Healthcare Solutions Groups.
According to the news release, some of the proposals are:
-- Allowing small businesses to take a tax deduction equal to 20 percent of their income, freeing up funds for small businesses to retain and hire new employees.
-- Letting small businesses join together to purchase health insurance for their workers the way large businesses and labor unions do.
-- Enacting legal reform to reduce costs for small businesses.
-- Expanding health savings accounts to provide additional flexibility to small businesses in providing healthcare to their employees.
Dreier is a Republican who represents the 26th District, which includes Montclair, Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, San Antonio Heights, Claremont, La Verne and San Dimas.
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