JOHN JR---SMALL BUSINESSES!!!

SMALL BUSINESSES---there are many ways to look at this issue &, if one is true to the facts, our small businesses have caught & are catching pure hell & that is greatly magnified for businesses owned by people of color---yes, there are programs in place that are supposed to aid the minority business owners but, when you compare their effectiveness to the bankruptcies, downsizing & closings, they're just not working---also, one has to always bear in mind that business competition is extremely fierce &, it's almost impossible to compete with the giants, walmarts, sears & home depots of our country as well as our shopping malls...

while you & others are so quick to credit obama for supporting sba's, etc; please look at how little they actually seem to be accomplishing & hey, i'm not the only black person that feels this way, there's this---
http://www.blackenterprise.com/news/obama-failed-small-business-minority-business-owners/ &, just to show how fair i am, there's this in obamas favor---http://www.blackenterprise.com/small-business/obama-signs-bill-contracts-small-businesse/ which is just like the bill that was signed into law to better aid our veterans & isn't worth the paper it was written on, however, you're free to draw your own conclusions...

well, since we're talking about black-owned businesses, there's this which puts us in last place---http://blackdemographics.com/economics/black-owned-businesses/ & yes, there are many ways to judge that report, however, it must be held all the business losses that seem to be 'not-news-worthy' &, i'm here to tell you that we are fighting a losing battle on that front as well...

here's a site that should give you a better idea of business closings---http://www.dailyjobcuts.com/ & remember, if america suffers, we suffer even more...hell, we lost 200,000 plus businesses between 2008-2010 alone & the banks just aren't into making loans like they once did (thank you dodd/frank---& i'll get to them soon since you brought them up)...

while it's extremely easy to give credit to somebody or a political party for creating a bill that becomes law, it's just as difficult to prove how effective that law is unless it's an instant success or an instant disaster...