[Arthur McGowan]

Small businesses aren’t unionized. Small-business people aren’t saps who believe his lies. Small-business people aren’t on welfare.

If he could destroy them, he would.

[lone star annie]

They almost all Republicans too. We believe in the strength of the individual and that you can accomplish anything with an optimistic attitude and hard work. These traits to commies like Obama are like a cross to a vampire.

[Myrddin]

I've discovered that about half of the "baristas" at my local Starbucks are former small business owners from the local area. They are feeling the pinch of the contracting economy. Serving coffee is "survival" mode for them while they figure out what to do next. One of the bartenders at Applebee's is a grad student at ISU. The local businesses have some pretty bright folks doing relatively menial work for their level of expertise. The typical unskilled or semi-skilled candidates that often fill these positions are way down the list when you have a labor pool of high end college students competing.