Too Few Small Businessmen in Congress

I have always believed that our government fails the public because it is composed of too many lawyers with too little business experience. Particularly the knowledge of what it takes to operate the type that employs so many in the U.S.

If the reps in Washington and the different state houses could imagine the problems of entrepreneurs and small business, they would know what makes the real economy run. You do not get this from college professors in ivory towers or bureaucrats with cush jobs and over-stuffed pensions.

In this regard, I recommend a highly cogent Op-Ed article written in the Wall Street Journal (8/9/10) by Michael P. Fleischer, the president of a small New Jersey company. In it, he gives the reasons why he is not hiring, given the uncertainties and expenses with which government is burdening his business.

When Washington and the state houses understand the plight of small business, they will start on the road to getting America back working.

For more on business management, see the Earl J Weinreb NewsHole® comments.