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The federal health care law will soon impose mandates on thousands of franchise small businesses across the country that could result in the loss of millions of jobs.  At the same time, the President is out stumping for a legislative package to create jobs â€" particularly within small businesses.  Whatever one’s view of the President’s jobs package, it has no hope of being successful unless these mandates go.
 
A new report prepared by Hudson Institute for the International Franchise Association shows mandates within the health care law endangers the jobs of 3.2 million full-time employees at tens of thousands of franchise businesses. These mandates will force franchise small business owners to choose between reducing the number of full-time employees,down-sizing their businesses or both - none of which is a prescription for economic recovery.

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