Bloomberg BusinessWeek: Small Biz Gets Plenty of Love, but Where's the Action?
By Peter S. Green
Bloomberg BusinessWeek, September 13, 2012
In election years, Democrats and Republicans talk about small businesses as the epitome of America’s can-do spirit and the foundation of the nation’s economy. President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have seen no reason to deviate from the script. But while they profess to have entrepreneurs’ best interests at heart, flattery is no sure route to winning their votes. One reason is that small business owners are not a monolithic interest group. …
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