Thank you, Representative Lisa McClain! 👏 Independent contractors want flexibility & freedom. The U.S. Department of Labor wants to force freelancers into a more restrictive, one-size-fits-all working arrangement. Learn more ⤵️ Patrice Lee Onwuka 🇫🇰🇺🇸
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#SmallBusinessWeek : Congress cannot let the U.S. Department of Labor's Independent Contracting Rule Stand! 💼💰

“Headwinds of inflation, falling sales, rising labor costs, and increased regulations are weighing down the nation’s economic engine.' Patrice Lee Onwuka 🇫🇰🇺🇸
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Patrice Lee Onwuka 🇫🇰🇺🇸 6) Nearly ALL women-owned businesses are solo-enterprises: 11 million women-owned businesses have no staff.

Patrice Lee Onwuka 🇫🇰🇺🇸 5) A THIRD of small businesses are women-owned: Women own more than 12 million businesses and employ over 10.7 million workers.

Patrice Lee Onwuka 🇫🇰🇺🇸 4) MOST new jobs are created by small businesses: Small businesses accounted for 63% of net new jobs from 1995 to 2021.

Patrice Lee Onwuka 🇫🇰🇺🇸 3) MOST small businesses are solo-enterprises: Over 80% of small enterprises operate without any staff.

Patrice Lee Onwuka 🇫🇰🇺🇸 2) Nearly HALF of workers are employed by small businesses: 62 million Americans, totaling 46% of private sector employees, are employed by small businesses.

Patrice Lee Onwuka 🇫🇰🇺🇸 1) Nearly ALL businesses are small businesses: 33.3 million small businesses in the U.S. make up 99.9% of all U.S. businesses.

6 Eye-Popping facts On Women-Owned Small Businesses

This #NationalSmallBusinessWeek , IWF is celebrating the nation’s economic engine & the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs & small business owners.
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🚨 BREAKING: Female athletes, college students, parents, & state Attorneys General join Independent Women's Forum, Parents Defending Education, & Speech First in landmark lawsuit against Biden’s illegal #TitleIX rewrite! Learn more & read the lawsuit: iwf.org/2024/04/29/fem…

Grace in New Jersey explains why families living with disabilities turn to self-employment:

'Being able to juggle [time away from work] would be impossible with a regular job.'

80 million American families have one or more disabled individuals living with them.

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The pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protests are funded by none other than George Soros.

Happy Friyay folks. Listen in to us 5-9 am WMAL DC

Economy is slowing down—again.
Gross domestic product in Q1: 1.6%
#Bidenomics

Gender board disclosure mandates like the one attempted by SEC may be well-intentioned, but they fail to deliver on intended outcomes. As I write today via @realclearmarkets Philanthropy Roundtable
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If you saw this lady on the street would you say it's time for us to start committing people into mental institutions involuntarily again?

Listen in to WMAL DC 5-9 am today. I'm on w/ @larry O'Connor & Co.

LIVE CHAT: O'Connor and Company 4.25
Good Morning! Join the Conversation with Larry and Patrice Lee Onwuka 🇫🇰🇺🇸!

6:35 AM - INTERVIEW - Dr. Mariela Roca - running for MD-6

7:05 AM - INTERVIEW - John Malcolm on Trump at Supreme Court

7:35 AM - INTERVIEW - @BRENTBOZELL on new Media Research Center…

Next week we have a hearing with Julie Su, President Biden’s unconfirmed, Senate-rejected, perpetually “Acting” Secretary of Labor.

My first question: Why are you still here?

“I’ve been retired for more than a year after working for 43,” said Keith Cooper ... His wife has been treated for cancer ... “I need the flexibility to take my wife to her appointments. I can’t work a regular job; so this is the best solution for me.”

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BIDENOMICS:

When Biden took office, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was ~2.7%.

Today, it's ~7.4%.
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