Rich Mullins describes the backbone of America… our small business owners in comparison to, say, the Big Wigs of the Fortune 100.
It pays to ponder the differences between the two creatures… governments cater to the latter. That’s why the government calls a “small business” has 500 employees or less: other businesses aren’t even on the radar unless they make a good photo op.
Thank you Mr. Mullins for reminding us how much we need small business owners who care about their communities and give back.
Some excerpts:
These are the people who run America’s small to mid-sized businesses, who hire the entry-level employees, who pay the property taxes which fund the schools, and who breathe life into downtowns by refusing to move to the strip mall out near the interstate because they think downtowns are important.
They do not borrow tens of millions of dollars from their business so they can personally buy other businesses. They lend money TO their business to tide it over when a large customer is – once again – a slow pay.
And they don’t keep the strictest accounts of sick days, and holidays. They often forget to dock the pay of the single mom who misses a day here and there because her child needs some extra love and care, even though it meant, once again, taking up the slack themselves.
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