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John --
Over the last four weeks, we asked about
how economic policy affects you from cost of living, to national debt,
to tariffs.
This week, we continued
our Controlling What You Can series
by taking a look one step further. Small businesses are the backbone
of the American economy. More than 90% of all businesses, they employ
49% of all Americans. So we asked you how you think we should support
our small businesses.
Here's what you had to say:
In one of our most balanced and nuanced set of answers yet,
Forwardists were very split on their opinion on small business
support. About 60% of you think we aren't doing enough to support our
small business owners and employees, but about 40% of you think we are
doing a pretty good job.
For policy proposals, reducing regulations and lowering tariffs
were nearly tied, with lower taxes and small business loan increases
garnering a respectable if smaller subset of support.
You all sounded off in the comment sections on X and our
website and two core themes came to the forefront:
Regulations Need To Be Smart
- Often, the government imposes regulations that have good
intentions but only seem to serve the mega corporations. The
government needs to be smarter about how it applies regulations,
allowing fewer loopholes to ensure the right outcome is ensured.
Tariffs Are About To Strangle The Small Businesses On Main
Street
- Over the next few weeks as the full effect of the tariff program
the Trump regime is implementing begin to be felt, many of you predict
that small businesses across the country will start closing their
doors. Perhaps repatriating manufacturing to the US is a good thing,
but the pain the tariffs will cause regular Americans is about to be
too high for many of you to stand.
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