Joe Wilson

Here’s a release from the National Federation of Independent Business endorsing Joe Wilson.

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Small Business Supports Wilson Re-Elect

Key voting bloc sees Wilson as ally

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 13, 2010 — Today the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), America’s leading small business association, announced its full support and endorsement of Congressman Joe Wilson for re-election in South Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District.

“A lot of politicians say they support small business – Wilson has a voting record that proves he does,” said Lisa Goeas, NFIB’s vice president for political operations.

“Congressman Wilson votes with small business over 90 percent of the time,” Goeas explained. “So when he tells voters that he will fight for what’s right for small businesses, they can believe him.”

Congressman Wilson’s “Joe Means Jobs” plan includes repeal of the new health-care law that is putting a disproportionate cost burden on America’s small businesses. Repeal of the law is a top priority for NFIB.

“Joe Wilson understands that small businesses are vital to our economic recovery,” Goeas said.  “He understands that what small business owners want is a government that will let them do what they do best, which is grow the economy and create jobs.”

With this endorsement, Wilson gains the significant grassroots backing of South Carolina’s small business community – a bloc that is known to vote in high numbers and actively recruit friends, family members and acquaintances to go to the polls. NFIB will encourage its members in South Carolina’s 2^nd district to help turn out the small business vote on Wilson’s behalf on Election Day.

South Carolina has over 80,000 small employers. Nationally, small businesses create more than half of the non-farm Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and have created more than 60 percent of net new jobs in the U.S. over the past 15 years.

Today’s endorsement comes from NFIB’s Save America’s Free Enterprise Trust, the association’s political action committee, and is based on candidates’ positions on key small business issues including healthcare, taxes and labor and regulatory issues.

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NFIB is the nation’s leading small business association, with offices in Washington, D.C. and all 50 states. Founded in 1943 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, NFIB gives small and independent business owners a voice in shaping the public policy issues that affect their business. NFIB’s powerful network of grassroots activists sends their views directly to state and federal lawmakers through our unique member-only ballot, thus playing a critical role in supporting America’s free enterprise system. NFIB’s mission is to promote and protect the right of our members to own, operate and grow their businesses. More information about NFIB is available online at www.NFIB.com/newsroom.