down on them. and they have no way out. there are millions of people. this is not just about obama care s future. millions of people who had health insurance today and in one month s time are not going to have health insurance. they have to sign up 23 days. it s almost impossible if the site works perfectly and it won t. when you hear the white house is reaching out to allies including the siu saying don t promote it. don t get the word out. we don t want people going to health care.gov. marc, thanks for being here. happy thanksgiving. happy thanksgiving to you. what s the fallout for the small businesses? now a deadline for them has been pushed back by a year. what does that mean exactly? the vice president of media and communications for the national federation of oh independent business which is a small business advocacy group. the nfib had concerns about the law since the start.
down on them. and they have no way out. there are millions of people. this is not just about obama care s future. millions of people who had health insurance today and in one month s time are not going to have health insurance. they have to sign up 23 days. it s almost impossible if the site works perfectly and it won t. when you hear the white house is reaching out to allies including the siu saying don t promote it. don t get the word out. we don t want people going to health care.gov. marc, thanks for being here. happy thanksgiving. happy thanksgiving to you. what s the fallout for the small businesses? now a deadline for them has been pushed back by a year. what does that mean exactly? the vice president of media and communications for the national federation of oh independent business which is a small business advocacy group. the nfib had concerns about the law since the start.
shop small on november 30th. my pleasure. thanks for helping promote it. when you think about getting people to shop local, you should be considering how to reach people specifically in your surrounding area. so here now are five suggestions for low-cost local advertising courtesy of the nfib. one, list on local business directories. set up online accounts on sites like yelp and yahoo local. these guides help people nearby find you and get reviews from previous customers. two, submit press releases. let your community newspaper and business magazines know when something happens, like you win an award or reach a milestone. three, drive your message home. make your car an advertising vehicle by promoting your business with bumper stickers, decals, or signage. four, donates a prize to a local radio station for give aways or contests. you ll get on-air exposure and possibly a mention on their website, too. and five, enter a float in a
obama care, at least in near history here, near present time, i should say. the reality is, you ve got small businesses meeting with the president right now likely saying, what s going on here. the dow not doing poorly today. but if these issues continue if there is not a long term plan for the debt ceiling, not a three-week or six-week ban aid here, small business owners will start rallying. let me put this into perspective, the nfib has a clear opinion. but they do this survey every four years and say what are the problems and priorities. the one that just came out, this was before any of this started to happen was three out of the top five were uncertainty. uncertainty about the economy, uncertainty about the government. that is keeping was keeping small businesses from investing in their companies before, think what s it doing to them now. the uncertainty couldn t be bigger. when we were discussing this
against this, as you know. what are the chances that the nation can follow california? well, at the moment, it s not very likely since it doesn t appear that the nation can do anything. the federal government the congress, at least seems totally frozen, but ultimately we should. we should raise federal minimum wage. look, what we always hear from folks in the nfib and people on the right is that raising minimum wage will be a job killer, but it just isn t true and the studies show it s not true and since 1980 when the minimum wage was $3.25, and it does help enormously to lift people out of poverty. one thing we do know is that the rich are getting richer and when you look at the numbers they re pretty astonishing when you compare that federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour and 15 million workers, by the way, earn that. look at the ceo average.