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What sacrifices have you made, or considered making,
to keep your business running?
Canceling a planned capital investment or expansion
Laying off workers
26%
24%
23%
11%
Putting my own savings in to remain open
Dropping employee health care plans
Borrowing to remain open
11%
Closing a business or businesses
Personally taken a pay cut
6%
6%
ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND NUCOR STEEL.
RED,
WHITE
AND BLUE,
AND
GREEN.
Given what you know now about the current economic
climate, would you start a business today?
No, would not start a
business today 55%
Yes, would start a
business today 45%
With the federal health insurance law in effect,
what do you expect your health care costs to do?
67%
Decrease 10%
Increase
Stay about the same
Don’t know
22%
1%
Among those who offer health care insurance...
38%
21%
Are considering increasing the amount
employees have to pay for coverage
Are considering dropping coverage
for employees
With the construction of
One World Trade Center,
a symbolically planned 1,776-foot-tall
building on the site of the old
World Trade Center, the rebuilding
of America has begun.
And the rebuilding is going to be green.
Because One World Trade Center
will be using about 53,000 tons of
recycled Nucor Steel, helping to make
it eligible for LEED® certification.
Saying we not only care about
restoring America to great heights,
we also care about the world around us.
www.nucor.com
It’s Our Nature.®
Source: National survey of National Federation of Independent Business and National Association
of Manufacturers conducted Aug. 13-Sept. 4, 2012
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