Back To Basics
Jan 31st, 2011 | By Dawn Rivers Baker | Category: Policy MattersOne of the most interesting things I’ve been watching over the last couple of weeks — and it was particularly striking last week in the days leading up to and away from the State of the Union address — is the rather odd rhetorical position occupied by America’s Small Businesses.
Politicians like to talk about us. That’s because people like us. It’s also because there was a time when politicians used to simply talk about business. That didn’t go over too well, because they made no secret about the fact that when they said “business” they meant “big business.”
These days, when they talk about small business, they still mean “big business” much of the time but they have grown too savvy to let people know that.
