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Washington doesn’t create jobs

I began running a business when I was only 20 years old. Back then it if you worked hard and followed the rules; you had a pretty good shot at getting ahead.

Today it seems the deck is increasingly stacked against those who work hard and pursue their own dreams, especially if you are a business owner.

More and more, we are faced with constant uncertainty caused by Washington’s inability to take action on today’s pressing problems.  This failure results in uncertainty with tax rates, near chaos in the markets and a never ending stream of impractical regulations handed down from misinformed bureaucrats.  A cloud of doubt is rising over our entire economy. For most business owners, it is a daily struggle just to keep the doors open in large part because government is a constant obstacle.

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