Podcast: Will Ambitious Obama Plan Skip Small Businesses?

Posted on | November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment

I’ve probably already said this but I was kind of hoping I could at least wait until he was sworn in before I started complaining about Mr. Obama.

I suppose it’s possible that I’m doing our nation’s leaders an injustice when I point out that the words ’small business’ rarely escape their lips when they talk about their economic recovery plans. Maybe it’s just that they don’t think they need to say anything about that because it goes without saying.

It is possible. Experience teaches me, however, to assume that when they don’t talk about small businesses, it’s because they’re not thinking about small businesses. And, if there’s one thing that this week’s BLS data shows, it’s that microbusiness employers can impact the jobs picture in exactly the same way as firms with more than 1,000 employees. It just takes more microbusinesses to do it.

So, how about it? Do you think I’m being unfair? Should I give the guy a chance to move in before I start worrying about what he says — and doesn’t say — about small business?

Listen to the Microbusiness News Briefs Podcast:

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For more information:

Obama Address on the Economy – November 22, 2008
2006-2007 Chrisman Report on SBDC Impact (PDF)
U.S. Department of Labor, Bueaur of Labor Statistics
Kerry, Snowe, Schumer Letter to Treasury Secretary Paulson (PDF)
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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