Where are the Dems on small business?
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You know what irks me? Why aren't Democrats talking more about small businesses and economic issues?
This has got me really tearing my hair out. Conventional wisdom has it that small business owners are all Republicans and that's just that. But that just isn't what's happening now.
The demographics of small business owners have changed pretty dramatically over the last decade or so, with more women and minorities starting businesses than ever before. These are also groups that traditionally lean Democratic.
Small businesses are also trending smaller and have more in common with the traditional middle-class and working class family issues than they do with GOP-leaning business types.
The upshot of all this is that the small business vote is absolutely up for grabs right now. And we need somebody who will fight for what the smaller small businesses need. As is always the case with the Republicans, the little guys are getting screwed and, when it comes to the small business policy arena, the Dems are letting them do it!
C'mon, guys, wake up to the 21st century and smell that coffee! This is a real political opportunity that you're walking away from.
This has got me really tearing my hair out. Conventional wisdom has it that small business owners are all Republicans and that's just that. But that just isn't what's happening now.
The demographics of small business owners have changed pretty dramatically over the last decade or so, with more women and minorities starting businesses than ever before. These are also groups that traditionally lean Democratic.
Small businesses are also trending smaller and have more in common with the traditional middle-class and working class family issues than they do with GOP-leaning business types.
The upshot of all this is that the small business vote is absolutely up for grabs right now. And we need somebody who will fight for what the smaller small businesses need. As is always the case with the Republicans, the little guys are getting screwed and, when it comes to the small business policy arena, the Dems are letting them do it!
C'mon, guys, wake up to the 21st century and smell that coffee! This is a real political opportunity that you're walking away from.