administration when she s president and she says thee wants to be the small business president. small business will have a huge seat at the table in a hillary clinton administration. dennis, i would like to ask you the same question. yeah, i think you re right, j.j. a lot of us out here in fly-over country, as we seem to be called, feel like we have no voice in washington. we feel like the rules and regulations are being made by a bunch of nameless, faceless bureaucrats, and they really have put a huge burden in regulations and taxes and a lot of other issues on small businesses with, it seems to us, no feedback from what s going on out here. the new rules on overtime are a great example. that came out of nowhere and are really shaking up the small business world. and i think that donald trump comes out of the business background. he understands, he understands delegating, he understands listening. i think he s done a great job of listening to us as his small business advisory coun
here to talk with us about the concrete plans put forth by both hillary clinton and donald trump are rhett buttle who serves as director of outreach for hik hix s campaign, and dennis bradford of the trump/pence small business advisory council. thanks for having us. thank you for stopping by. i want to start out by talking about the sense that small business owners have across this country, which they have had for many years, which is they are often forgotten about in washington. so while big business has the money to have lobbying groups and depending on the industry, can speak together as one, small business is so varied and depending on your industry and where you are in your growth cycle, how big you are in geography, you don t all speak as one. rhett, i m going to start with you. simply, how will you let small business have a voice in washington? well, so i think we made a lot of progress over the last eight years.
i have found often the reguleses i hear are problems are the local ones and state ones. let s just not bunch regulation as a big issue. let s dig into it for a moment. and dennis, let s start with you. which regulations do you think are a burden to small business that you will tackle? well, this last year, there were over 33,000 new regulations and put out by the federal government. and all of them require time, all of them require the business to do reporting, the business to make decisions based on the regulations, not necessarily on what s best for their business. so it s a real burden for the federal government. and then on top of that, you do have state and local. but i think that we out here, at least in the businesses that i m involved in, feel like the federal government has reached way too much into how we run our businesses and how we make decisions and what decisions we have to make. so if you had to focus on sort of the top three that you want to change that will help
but we know that small businesses are still looking to grow, and i think one of the most important things is this is very personal for hillary clinton. her father was a small business owner. the same for her running mate, tim kaine. he also comes from a small business family. i think that also infused the waythy see the world, the way they think about policy. but also this small business and doing small business outreach has been central to the campaign from the very first day that secretary clinton started the campaign, she met with small businesses all over the country. most importantly, she has a track record. as senator of new york, she worked with small businesses from all across the state to expand manufacturing across the state. but also as secretary of state, she expanded entrepreneurship opportunities all across the globe. so small business has also been central to her t will be central to her administration when she s president and she says thee wants to be the small business
people would pay for it. shot down before he gets a chance to pipe up. welcome, i m neil cavuto, never mind scott brown got elected, railing against spending. senators today slapping down a task force to get a handle on the spending, mixing a measure that would have allowed congress to punt on deficit decisions and instead led lawmakers and obama administration officials to recommendations. this a day before the president plans to present a freeze on federal spending in the state of the union address tomorrow. we ll be in washington for that. it s a freeze with big exceptions like social security and medicare. does it sound weird. former ebay boss knows a thing or two about good deals and for taxpayers this isn t a good deal so she s run for governor and has a new book, the power of money, values for success in business and in life. good to see you. thanks for having me. you can t pick and choose across the board cuts, right? i think they have to be across the board.