- In 2020, there were 886,557 small businesses in Michigan which supported 1.9 million employees or 49 percent of Michigan’s workforce.
- Whitmer’s unconstitutional lockdown led to 37 percent of small businesses shutting their doors, exceeding the national average of businesses who were forced to close during the pandemic.
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- According to an April 2021 study sponsored by Facebook, 36 percent of small businesses in Michigan laid off staff during the pandemic with 56 percent of those small businesses reporting that they laid off half or more of their staff.
- Whitmer backed President Biden’s unconstitutional employer vaccine mandate opposed by small businesses.
- Michigan businesses across the state are struggling to find workers.
- Whitmer vetoed COVID-19 relief for small businesses.
- In March 2021, Whitmer vetoed $652 million in federal Covid-19 relief funds for small businesses.
- In June 2021, Whitmer vetoed legislation that would give small businesses tax relief for purchasing PPE.
- Detroit Regional Chamber Vice President Brad Williams blasted Whitmer’s veto and said that the relief plan was a bipartisan effort.
- Michigan Chamber of Commerce CEO Rich Studdle said “the Governor talks about ‘bipartisanship’ but doesn’t mean it.”