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health care or more broadly defined. (Robb Mandelbaum, Who Is The Small Business Majority?, The New York Times The
Agenda, 7/8/09)
Small Business Majority Gets Its Funding From Foundations Dedicated To Social
Justice And Health Care Reform. Still, its funding is from foundations dedicated to social
justice and health care reform. They include the Blue Shield of California Foundation, the California
Endowment, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the New York State Health Foundation, and the
Public Welfare Foundation. (Bara Vaida, Steering Small Biz Left, National Journal, 1/9/10)
Small Business Majority Has Released Polls That Claimed Small Businesses Support
Raising Taxes, Increased EPA Regulations, And Higher Minimum Wages
Small Business Majority Polling Claims A Majority Of Small Business Owners Believe
Congress Should Let Tax Cuts Expire On Taxable Household Income Exceeding
$250,000 A Year. A majority of small business owners believe Congress should let tax cuts expire
on taxable household income exceeding $250,000 a year: 51% of respondents believe Congress should
let tax cuts on taxable household income exceeding $250,000 a year expire (40% said they should be
extended). (Lake Research Partners, 500 Small Business Owners, MoE +/- 4.4, 12/8/11-1/4/12)
According To A National Scientific Opinion Poll Conducted For Small Business
Majority, Small Business Owners Widely Agree Our Federal Minimum Wage Should
Increase. According to a national scientific opinion poll conducted for Small Business Majority,
small business owners widely agree our federal minimum wage should increase so that small business
employees and consumers have more money in their pockets. This would go a long way to help boost
customer demand at small businesses and grow the economy. (Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, 500 Small Business
Owners, MoE +/- 4.4, 3/4-10/13)
PPP Withholding The Results Has Sparked Accusations That It Intentionally Spiked
The Polls Release Because It Did Not Like The Results. But because the original results
showed bad news for Angela Giron one of the Democratic senators who was recalled in Tuesday
night's election in Colorado it has sparked accusations that it intentionally spiked the poll's
release because it did not like the results. (Brett Logiurato, Democratic-Leaning Polling Firm Is Getting Slammed For Not
Releasing A Poll That Showed Bad News For Democrats, Business Insider, 9/11/13)
Small Business Majority Has Used Other Pollsters, Lake Research Partners And
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, With Deep Ties To The Progressive Left And Organized
Labor
Lake Research Partners Has An Impressive Roster Of Democrats And Progressive
Causes For Clients. Perhaps, then, we should not be surprised to learn that when the Small
Business Majority surveyed small businesses, it found that they support a mandate. (The surveys, not
incidentally, were conducted by Lake Research Partners, a polling firm with an impressive roster of
Democrats and progressive causes for clients.) (Robb Mandelbaum, Who Is The Small Business Majority?, The New York
Times The Agenda, 7/8/09)
Lake Research Partners Clients Include President Bill Clinton, House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi, And Increasing Minimum Wage Efforts. (Clients, Lake Research Partners,
Accessed 1/16/14)
Greenberg Quinlan Rosners (GQR) Client List Contains Democrat And Progressive
Candidates, Leaders, and Organizations From All Over The World. (Clients, Greenberg Quinlan
Rosner Research, Accessed 1/8/14)
GQRs Client List Includes Unions Such As The AFL-CIO And AFSCME, As Well As
President Bill Clinton, Former President Of Nicaragua Manuel Zelaya, Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, Sierra Club, EMILYs List, And Other Liberal Groups. (Clients,
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, Accessed 1/8/14)