[o_zarkman44]

Not a bad observation.
On the other hand, I think small business is ticked off at how poorly government is managed, and people are not getting any real value out of the taxes they are paying.

Government is not listening to the people when it is the issues that matter to people they are deciding for, with complete disregard to the peoples wishes.

So government is telling people to spend. build, buy like nothing ever happened. And the people are telling the government we no longer have faith in them. They will tell us anything to stay in power. If we pull the plug on their tax collections and reduce the money flow they have less power to manipulate people.

[mr_hammer]

“And the people are telling the government we no longer have faith in them.”

That’s it in one sentance.

[Alberta's Child]

As someone who works for one small business and owns two other (very) small businesses, I can tell you that the biggest fear on the part of most small businesses is simply UNCERTAINTY. That's uncertainty about a lot of things -- including sales prospects, credit availability, cost escalation, etc.