Yes, small businesses are important.

Small businesses.

Traumating small businesses are really what I call the backbone of the United States

economy.

Being a small business owner, it means you get to be your own boss.

You get to call the shots.

They employ almost 59 million people across the nation.

Of course, they're sort of the ideal of the American dream.

Get off on your own, start your own business.

In your mind's eye, you can see it, right?

The burger joints and barbershops where people gather in small towns and big cities.

The hardware stores and corner markets that have served a neighborhood for generations.

The new ventures that hold someone's dreams and their life savings.

They're all integral to the fabric of our community.

And they matter.

They're really crucial, though, to our economy because they employ so many people.

Politicians love to rally behind small businesses, touting their support for the little guy.

Every day ought to be small business day in America.

They are the anchors of our main streets.

Main street is the heart of our economy, the soul of our community, and the birthplace

of American dreams.

But when things go south?

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