http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/whats-holding-back-small-businesses
Much of the debate about how to spur growth and encourage hiring has focused on making the tax picture temporarily more business-friendly. But as you can see, the portion of small businesses citing taxes as their superlative problem has remained about the same — mostly in the 17-22 percent range, say — for about a decade.
Additionally, lending help for small businesses is another key stimulative policy in play, and meanwhile financial and interest rate concerns are a comparably negligible concern.
By contrast, the share of companies saying the poor sales is their main challenge has about doubled since the downturn began.