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I'm a huge believer that small businesses are the bedrock foundation of our communities, and also of our country. In any large or small city in America, the number of small businesses is much greater than the number of big employers. Small businesses create the majority of new jobs in our country and provide essential services to fellow citizens on a local and national level. Clearly, I don't want to take anything away from the big employers, because we are one of them! Large companies were once small companies too, and they also have a key role in community success, employing hundreds or even many thousands of people.

However, it's the small businesses that make up Main Street, before the big employers come to town and after they leave. It's where all the services are created that a community needs: auto repair, hair salon, watering hole, pizza parlor, health service, literacy center, and dozens of others. And it's where a huge variety of jobs are formed, money changes hands, and taxes get paid to pave the streets, build schools and parks, and deliver health care. In fact, big businesses don't move into towns unless the small businesses have already provided the solid foundation of people and services to make it all work.