And of course it depends on what your definition of small business is. True, 99.7% of the businesses in America are "small," he says, meaning that they employ no more than 500.
Here's a bit from an excellent column in the Arizona Republic by Tom Rex of ASU fame:
In reality, 51 percent of the nation’s jobs are provided by the 0.3 percent of companies that are not small. Moreover, this employment share is rising slowly over time — it was 47 percent in 1992, the earliest available data — indicating that large businesses are creating a disproportionate share of the nation’s jobs.
Read the whole piece at http://www.azcentral.com/opinions/articles/20130712small-business-jobs-viewpoints.html
These ramblings started out as a way to express my thoughts on the politics of life, love, family, language, work and society. Who knew? We might develop a community as you “hear, understand and acknowledge” my voice. Now, however, as the nation teeters on the razor edge of returning to the dark days of centuries past, I'm a full-time organizer working to make sure that the nation moves forward, with hope, not backward.
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Thursday, August 08, 2013
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