Congressman Randy Forbes represents Virginia's 4th Congressional District.
Ants. They are the unwelcome summer guests. The plight of the summer picnic. One tiny mistake - one lemonade left unfinished, one cookie crumb fallen on a checked blanket - is the surest way to put a damper on any summer afternoon. They appear slowly, one carefully making its way across the blanket to the fated leftovers, another following close behind. With careful calculation, the others follow suit working their way across the blanket and onto the once pristine spread. Left unchecked, they slowly take over, as if one is an invitation for another - until there are so many ants that the picnic is effectively ruined.
Small businesses are facing a similar plight. Only the unwelcome guest at the proverbial picnic is the federal government and small businesses are left feeling the effects.
The National Federation of Independent Business, an organization that regularly surveys small businesses across America, reported a decline in small business optimism for the third straight month. Nearly two-thirds of small business owners responding to the survey said it was a bad time to expand their business operations.
Small businesses employ half of our nation's private work sector, creating almost two-thirds of all net new jobs over the last 15 years. The idea that "as small business goes, so goes the economy" is no surprise. Small businesses are the anchors of Main Street USA. They are the backbone of our economy. When small businesses are not optimistic, they are hesitant to invest, grow, and create jobs. And when they do not invest, grow, and create jobs, it impedes our nation's economic growth
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