The October 2012 issue cover of INC Magazine: THE AGENDA--HOW WASHINGTON CAN HELP ENTREPRENEURS RESTORE THE AMERICAN DREAM.
INC Editor Eric Schurenberg reports in a recent survey, Inc. 500 CEOs made it quite clear what they expect of whoever wins the election next month. They want 1. the deficit brought under control; 2. the economy supported; and 3. the tax code rationalized. In other words, like most Americans, entrepreneurs want members of the next Congress to quit bickering, to abandon economic fairy tales, and to compromise.
In the current political climate, there is zero chance of that. It "will require...a degree of cooperation between Republicans and Democrats in Congress that is inconceivable at this time," says Bruce Bartlett, a former senior policy analyst for President Reagan and a columnist on fiscal policy for The New York Times and The Fiscal Times.
There's much policymakers can do to stoke the job-creation machine (even though few in office seem to have a clue how it works) and to clear out obstacles to growth.
The economic storms of recent years have raised concerns about growing inequality and questions about a core national faith, that even Americans of humble backgrounds have a good chance of getting ahead. Most of the discussion has focused on labor market forces like falling blue-collar wages and lavish Wall Street pay.
But striking changes in family structure have also broadened income gaps and posed new barriers to upward mobility.
If you or your children have been adversely affected in pursuing the American Dream, let your voice be heard in the election box and through this petition.
That's why I created a petition to The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Barack Obama.
Will you sign this petition? Click here:
http://signon.org/sign/the-2012-presidential?source=c.em.mt&r_by=5547169
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