Robert Reich: The Revolt of Small Business Republicans

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The Revolt of Small Business Republicans
byRobert Reich


Can it be that America’s small businesses are finally waking up to the fact they’re being screwed by big businesses?

For years, small-business groups such as the National Federation of Independent Businesses have lined up behind big businesses lobbies.

They’ve contributed to the same Republican candidates and committees favored by big business.

And they’ve eagerly connected the Republican Party in Washington to its local business base. Retailers, building contractors, franchisees, wholesalers, and restaurant owners are the bedrock of local Republican politics.

But now small businesses are breaking ranks. They’re telling congressional Republicans not to make the deal at the very top of big businesses’ wish list – a cut in corporate tax rates.

“Given the option, this or nothing, nothing is better for our members,” the director of legislative affairs at Associated Building Contractors told Bloomberg News. (Associated Building Contractors gave $1.6 million to Republicans in the 2014 midterm elections and nothing to Democrats.)

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The fight is significant, and not just because it represents a split in Republican business ranks. It marks a new willingness by small businesses to fight against growing competitive pressures from big corporations.


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http://commondreams.org/views/2015/05/19/revolt-small-business-republicans

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. If we were smart we would capitalize on this.

If.

[postulater]

2. Small businesses can't be job-creators

if their customers have no money.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. Posted to for later. n/t

[dembotoz]

4. yes but will take lots of work. they haven't just drank the cool aid they fricken mixed it

[dembotoz]

5. kick