Research Center Executive Director Holly Wade published an op-ed highlighting the 50th anniversary of NFIB’s Small Business Economic Trends survey. Wade shares the history of the survey and the insight it has provided into the small business economy since its conception in 1973, including the most recent indicators showing consistently deteriorating optimism among small businesses. Wade notes the Wade notes the need for Congress to take action to provide relief from the onerous regulations, high health insurance costs, and tax burdens that are impacting small business owners nationwide. One such source of relief is the Main Street Tax Certainty Act, introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and in the U.S. House by Representatives Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX), which would make the 20% Small Business Deduction (Section 199A) permanent.