Small Business Advocates rally To Save Small Business Administration

PETALUMA, Calif., Jan. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 18^th 2017, Lloyd Chapman, the President and founder of the American Small Business League (ASBL) issued a statement regarding their campaign to rally women, minority and Veteran groups to prevent the closure of the Small Business Administration (SBA).

"I predict that within the next 90 days there will be legislation put forth in Congress to close the SBA by combining the SBA with the Department of Commerce and end all Federal programs for small businesses, including small businesses owned by women, minority and service-disabled veterans," said Mr. Chapman.

"When Ronald Reagan made it clear that he wanted to permanently close the SBA and end all Federal small business programs, his plan to do that was by combining it with the Department of Commerce.  In 2011 this tactic was proposed again by Senator Richard Burr in with fox news reporting that Burrs proposed legislation would eliminate all federal programs to assist small businesses."

During his campaign, President-Elect Donald Trump promised to create 25 million new jobs over the next decade; however the ASBL argues that with Trump's appointment of Linda McMahon to head the SBA, despite her support of closing the agency in 2012, Trump has taken an anti-jobs stance before even being inaugurated. The ASBL cites government data that shows small businesses create 90% of the net new jobs as a substantiation of their concern.

"The argument that closing the SBA is the best method of streamlining government is ridiculous," Mr. Chapman elaborated. "The notion that you can streamline our $4 trillion Federal Government by eliminating an agency with a budget of $711 million instead of addressing the $6.5 trillion  that the Pentagon can't account for is laughable."

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SOURCE American Small Business League

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