"This is what the middle class gets for staying home and letting the radicals vote their extremist of choice into power."
- Yeasty Noyz, 20 June 2012
The middle class voted overwhelmingly for McCain (60/40).
The middle class didn’t stay home in 2010 and handed the Democrats defeats on scales that they hadn’t seen since 1928 and 1938.
They won. Democrats lost.
The middle class didn’t stay home in the Arkansas primary. Unions
and Progressive groups spent $10 million primarying Blanche Lincoln.
Many of them then went on to vote for the Republican, Senator John
Boozman.
They won. Unions & Progressive groups lost.
The middle class didn’t stay home in the first Wisconsin recall.
They won. Unions lost.
The middle class didn’t stay home in the Supreme Court race in Wisconsin.
They won. Unions lost.
The middle class didn’t stay home in the Walker recall and, not only did Walker win, they kicked the unions’ bums.
They won. Unions lost.
The middle class didn’t stay home in San Diego.
They won. Unions lost.
The middle class didn’t stay home in San Jose.
They won. Unions lost.
In a small business, if we make bad business/management decisions, we
suffer the consequences. In fact, as many small business owners can
attest to today, we often suffer the consequences of the bad decisions
made by companies that are “too big to fail” as well as many government
regulations and laws that were written to prevent and/or redress
wrongdoing by big companies.
So what businesses are not too big to fail? Best I can tell, it must
be small businesses. And why should we worry if small businesses fail?
Let’s take a look at the numbers.
A recent study by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA)
Office of Advocacy counted 26.8 million businesses in the United States.
Of those, 99.9% have fewer than 500 employees and as such are
considered small businesses. This means that only one-tenth of one
percent have more than 500 employees. Yet, more notable is the fact that
according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 98.2% have fewer than 100
employees. And if you are impressed with that number, you may be amazed
to learn that in the same report it states that 89.3% of the businesses
in America have fewer than 20 employees! Bear with me for just a moment
more as I drive this point home. Even more amazing is the fact that
78.6% have fewer than 10 employees and 60.8% have fewer than 5
employees.
Are small businesses just an overflow of the work of big business or
do small businesses carry their own weight? Let’s look at the facts.
According to Census Bureau, in 2010, 98.2 percent of businesses had
fewer than 100 employees, 89.3 percent had fewer than 20 employees, 78.6
percent had fewer than 10 employees, and 60.8 percent than 5 employees.
Those are middle class businesses and they want lower taxes, fewer
regulations, and NO UNIONS.
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