Small Business Saturday

Today, we celebrate and shop small businesses. It’s a celebration of something uniquely American and capitalistic in many ways. It’s the idea that anyone, with hard work and perseverance, can create a product or service they love and share it with those around them.

The ironic thing with Small Business Saturday is many leftists tout this event, while supporting policies that are taking small businesses down at the knees.

Small businesses thrive in freedom. Freedom for entrepreneurs to set their own hours, work their tails off, hire employees, use their profits as they desire, and not spend endless hours on socialistic regulations.

Somehow, in 2020, we’ve allowed government at every level to take those privileges away. We’ve demonized businesses who chose to stay open, businesses who refused to close their doors, businesses who wanted to make their own choices on hours, capacity and safety.

The results are in. A popular local burger joint in Tulsa, OK closed it’s doors after 50 years in business. Over 20% of small businesses nationwide faced the same fate. Meanwhile, Big Commerce continued, with Amazon’s deals with the USPS making shipping more affordable for them than their Main Street competitors and Walmart’s margins allowing them to constantly adapt to the government edicts. While these companies provide jobs and meet a need in society, this weekend we focus on small business.

If you really care about Small Business Saturday, call up a couple small business owners in your town and ask them what hindered their growth in 2020. Then offer to go with them to a town hall meeting and stand against government tyranny.

Let’s love our neighbors on Main Street by standing against the tide of socialism.