Posted by
Kilroy on Monday, October 20, 2008 12:03:27 PM
FAYETTEVILLE, NC – At a campaign rally in North Carolina today, Presidential candidate Barack Obama accused rival John McCain of being “in the pocket of big business” while declaring his own tax policy as the “most pro small business tax plan ever.”
Explaining the contribution of small business to jobs growth in America Obama said:
“Now look, everyone who knows will tell you that 100% of new jobs created in the past two years were created by small business. My tax plan is built on the notion that we need to encourage small business to stay small so that they continue to create jobs. Indeed, my plan will make big businesses small again so that they once again begin creating jobs. When business gets too big, people lose jobs. It’s a proven fact. We will preserve small business by taking away the one thing that makes it big business -- Capital. John McCain has been parading out this “Joe the Plumber” character as someone who wants to buy a small business but doesn’t want to pay his fair share of taxes. Joe wants to keep all his money and grow this small job creating business into a big job losing business. That’s no way to create jobs. Small business becoming big business sounds to me like business as usual, and that sounds like the same failed policies of the past. That’s not change!”
Obama continued, “Here’s the thing, I too have talked to small business owners who like their businesses just fine the way they are. Why just yesterday, I spoke to Jenny who operates a small lemonade stand in her front yard. Jenny explained to me that if her business grew she’d have to devote more time to lemonade sales and less time to her school work, less time at Girl Scouts and less time playing with her friends. John McCain wants to strip Jenny of her childhood. That’s not the kind of change Jenny needs! That’s not the kind of change America needs. Under an Obama Administration, after Jenny secures the appropriate licensing and zoning variances and undergoes proper inspections she will be allowed to keep her nice small dreams alive. That’s what an Obama administration is all about.”