I believe the private sector and small businesses drive our economy, and that means the federal government should work to ensure the private sector is as robust as possible.
When we get government off the backs of our job creators, small businesses have a better chance of thriving. And when small businesses thrive, so does our economy.
Quite a few people have commented during the campaign that more help is required for small businesses. SMEs need support and encouragement in their early stages, and in Cambridge the links to the University and the huge pool of expertise here helps that.
Small businesses have suffered under the demands of Obamacare and community banks have scaled back lending due to stringent provisions of Dodd-Frank financial regulation.
More and more Americans are asking about the price that we have to pay when Wal-Mart comes into a community, treats workers poorly, violates immigration laws and squashes small businesses.
Opening markets abroad through trade agreements is especially important for American small businesses and manufacturers to enhance growth and job creation.
America's small businesses and manufacturers are innovators ready to usher in a new wave of growth and opportunity if given access to foreign markets.
Having more customers means nothing if America's small businesses cannot obtain the required capital to support their exports in the competitive international markets.
American workers need a common-sense plan to make small businesses and entrepreneurs competitive again - not simply more government spending.