NFIB: The Voice of Small Business - National Small Business Poll

All	Q#	Top 100	Question
	1		What is the most likely step that you would take to pay for this 5 percent payroll cost increase? Would you:?
	2		What is the most likely step that you would take to pay for this 15 percent payroll cost increase? Would you:?
	3		What is the most likely step that you would take to pay for this cost increase? Would you:?
	4		How likely is it that you would borrow or draw down on an existing line of credit to ease adjustment to these higher costs? Is it:?
	5		What is the most likely step that you would take to pay for this 15 percent payroll cost increase that begins next week? Would you:?
	6		How likely is it that you would borrow or draw down on an existing line of credit to ease adjustment to these higher costs? Is it:?
	7		Approximately what percent of your total business expenses consists of payroll, i.e., the cost of wages and benefits? Would you estimate that your payroll constitutes ______ of total business expenses?
	8		How difficult is it for you currently to attract and keep qualified employees? Is it currently _____ to attract and keep qualified employees?
	9		What is the most likely step that you would take to pay for this 5 percent physical facilities cost increase? Would you:?
	10		What is the most likely step that you would take to pay for this cost increase? Would you:?
	11		What is the most likely step that you would take to pay for this cost increase? Would you:?
	12		How likely is it that you would borrow or draw down on an existing line of credit to ease adjustment to these higher costs? Is it:?
	13		What is the most likely step that you would take to pay for this 15 percent physical facilities cost increase that begins next week?
	14		How likely is it that you would borrow or draw down on an existing line of credit to ease adjustment to these higher costs? Is it:?
	15		Approximately what percent of your total business expenses consists of your firm's physical facilities, i.e., rent or mortgage, utilities and maintenance, etc.? Would you estimate that the cost of your physical facilities constitutes ____ of total business expenses?
	16		How do your current selling prices compare with the selling prices of your principal competitor? Are they ____ than your principal competitor's?
	17		How competitive is the primary market in which your firm operates? Is it:?
	18		Since the beginning of the year, have your total energy costs risen:?
	19		Since the beginning of the year, what type of energy cost increase has impacted your business the most? Is it:?
	20A		(offset to energy price increases) Raised selling prices.
	20B		(offset to energy price increases) Laid off some employees or not filled existing vacancies.
	20C		(offset to energy price increases) Absorbed it with lower earnings or profits.
	20D		(offset to energy price increases) Frozen or cut employee wages and benefits.
	20E		(offset to energy price increases) Cut, eliminated or delayed business investment.
	20F		(offset to energy price increases) Reduced the total volume of energy used through conservation measures.
	21		Which was the single most important step that you took to offset rising energy costs? Was it:?
	22		Do you expect that energy prices will rise or continue to rise throughout the remainder of the year?
	23		How do you plan to compensate for those increases? Is it by:?
	24		Since the beginning of the year, what business cost increases have impacted your business the most? Has it been:?