claim: "new business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years."
author: john boehner
evidence_1: sep 8, 2016 ... new business creation in the u.s. (a fancy way of saying "startups") is at nearly a  40-year low. ... from leaving and starting their own firms, at least for a few months  or years. 3. ... even the kauffman index isn't quite back to pre-recession levels. ...  most people start companies in their 30s, notes zandi.
evidence_2: oct 19, 2018 ... u.s. house speaker john boehner says new business startups are at the lowest  levels in 30 years. politifact: with conflicting reports out about ...
evidence_3: feb 12, 2015 ... new research shows that the country's rate of new business creation, ... plunged  more than 30 percent during the economic collapse and has been ... statistics  showing that companies less than one year old contributed 5.2 ...
evidence_4: sep 20, 2017 ... the formation of new companies has failed to bounce back since the recession,  and ... so tame, with sluggish productivity and, at least until recently, anemic  wage growth? ... although the overall slump dates back more than 30 years, ...  and federal levels, may be particularly burdensome for new businesses ...
evidence_5: oct 5, 2012 ... ... because new business startups are down to a 30-year low. ... the per capita  number of new establishments was at its lowest level since 1977.