The US government has a host of programs to support small businesses. Small businesses are eligible for subsidized loans from the Small Business Administration, which spends billions a year for this purpose. A portion of federal contracts are set aside for small businesses, with the Biden administration being extremely proud to have given 178 billion in contracts to small businesses in 2023.
A portion of federal contracts are set aside for small businesses, with the Biden administration being extremely proud to have given 178 billion in contracts to small businesses in 2023. You have also seen countless instances of romanticizing small businesses – we are called upon to "support your local small business", to shop small, and that small businesses create most jobs in America. This messaging is so ubiquitous that I have little interest in looking up examples, and leave it to the reader to supply them.
This messaging is so ubiquitous that I have little interest in looking up examples, and leave it to the reader to supply them. All of this is unbearably wrong.