The Small-Business Myth
Small business is the cute puppy of American tax policy, along with its related breed, the family farm. nvoke small business, and the inevitable response is the policymaking equivalent of awwww, how sweet. Suggest that a proposed change might hurt small business, and you might as well be advocating torturing puppies. Now we like a cute puppy as well as the next editorial board, and we're all for small business, too. But the problem with the way this ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
The popularity and durability of this myth has had a part in motivating voters to vote against their own self interests and in favor of the well to do. It is good to let some air out of it. The small family farm myth is not really addressed here, Family farms have become agribusiness, with a few exceptions not affected by current taxes.