‘Joe the Plumber’ represents the plight of small business owners. It’s not about him, and let’s stop skating around the issue and changing the subject. We are all disgusted with the vicious attacks of the media.
Obama told Joe that he planned to “spread the wealth.” Really, that says it all. This means hardworking small business people whose intention is to one day make more than $250k should know that it’s probably not worth the effort. Once you have supposedly arrived financially, we intend to collect a large portion of your hard earned profits to misuse and redistribute through the Federal Government. So, don’t bother! Don’t grow your business, don’t work hard to achieve your dreams, and whatever you do – don’t add jobs to the economy. After all, why should you risk your investment, pull a market share, expand your business and add jobs to your payroll if most of it will just be collected by Uncle Sam?
My husband and I run a small business. We know how hard it is to grow a business, especially when the economy is faltering. There are a thousand frustrating details associated with running a business that a typical employee has no awareness of. Sometimes it doesn’t seem worth it. But why do we keep doing it? The same reason anyone works for any goal - to achieve. To one day be free from financial pressure. To contribute to society, to add jobs to the economy, to produce.
We ought to be encouraging our small business owners. We need to give them incentives to grow their business and create jobs. These are some of the most hardworking and most underappreciated people in America. Let’s keep government out of their way and let them do what they do best.
If you want to see jobs created and our economy grow from the bottom up then stand with American Small Business owners and vote for the change that we believe in: John McCain.
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