A Moment of Nostalgia
Mar 21st, 2011 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Policy MattersWhen lawmakers bleat about how much they love small businesses, it can sometimes be nauseating but it is still a little reassuring. It is a nod in our direction, even if they don’t mean a word of it.
On the other hand, I’ll admit that it’s difficult to listen to those same lawmakers behave like starstuck fangirls every time somebody like Bill Gates or Jeff Immelt visits Capital Hill. Clearly, they really believe that U.S. economic policy should revolve around big businesses.
I hesitate to say this because I know what kind of firestorm usually erupts whenever anybody evokes the “C” word.
Honesty compels me to admit, however, that we haven’t had economic policy revolving around small businesses since the days when there was a White House Conference on Small Business and when the SBA Administrator was elevated to a Cabinet level position.