Now you can spread the word to potential customers.
And send her those flyers.
Possibly along with a copy of this which I posted earlier last month:
Dear Governor Romney,
As I watched the first Presidential debate this evening I listened carefully every time you stated views that you said represented people like me who own small businesses. You said that people like me make personal sacrifices and are risk takers, and are the engine of job growth. You said I would hire more people if my taxes were lower. You said that I think the health reform act is bad for me and my business. You said you understand my problems because you worked in the private sector. I am writing because I don't think you do have a very good understanding of small business, and could learn from the actual views of this small business owner.
You Said I Made Sacrifices and Took Risks to Achieve Success. I have owned my company for over 25 years and currently employ around 20 people. I started the business in my apartment. I worked hundreds of 18 hour days. You would say I built it myself but in truth I had help from my family and my government. I grew up in an upper middle class home, went to very good public schools and universities. I obtained two masters' degrees via low interest student loans that could be paid off quickly. You would call me a risk taker because I invested my time and my personal savings to start my company. But when I compare that to putting myself in harm's way as a member of the armed services or leaving an abusive spouse with children in tow and no place to sleep I don't think it's a big deal. I was never in danger of being hurt or homeless or hungry. I never had to sacrifice my own dreams by going to a menial job every day to feed and educate my children. Mr. Romney, neither you nor I have ever experienced real sacrifice and risk.
You Said I Am An Engine of Job Creation. Over time I have hired lots of people. I take pride in meeting my payroll; it is my major contribution to this world. But every employee was hired because my company needed them. I earn more from what each employee contributes as part of our team than what I have to pay them. I have never hired someone in order to 'create a job'. I am positive that as a financially savvy manager at Bain, you never did either. So let's stop putting ourselves on pedestals, and admit that job creation is a by-product of our pragmatic decisions - ones that in your case have saved some jobs but also shipped many thousands of jobs overseas.
You Said I Would Hire More People If My Taxes Were Lower. Each year, I decide how much money to re-invest in my company and how much to take out. Because I pay taxes on my profit, I always look for productive ways to invest in my company first. Spending pre-tax money makes sense. If my taxes were lower, I would take more money out and just put it in the bank. This is the opposite of what you say I would do. Hiring more people is always a function of whether or not the company has work for them to do. I need taxes to be lower on the middle class people with jobs so that they have more money to spend buying the products that drive my industry.
You Said That Health Care Reform Hurts My Business. You are right that I am not enthusiastic about the health care reform law. You are wrong about the reason. As an employer, the current system forces me into being a health insurance provider. That is not my area of expertise, and it takes time away from running my business. Most importantly, large corporations can offer much better coverage at a lower cost and thus they have a big advantage over me in attracting the best employees. I would like to see a national health care system that takes the responsibility for health care out of the work place. Since most governments around the world invest in health care for their populations, it would make all American businesses more competitive in the global economy.
You Said You Understand My Problems Because You Worked In The Private Sector. We both have many years of experience in the private sector. However yours has been exclusively with large companies. While my company is small, many of my suppliers and clients are very large corporations, so I believe I actually have the broader first-hand experience. Here are some of the things I know about the private sector. If giant players decide to enter a field, they have much greater resources and can often use anti-competitive measures to drive out small players. If they don't enter an arena, their virtual monopolies allow them to overcharge you for services and products. Large corporations want to extract as much of a small company's value as possible from every transaction. You know this. It is what you did at Bain. Small businesses are schools of small fish to these corporate killer whales. If they are not regulated, they will eat our entire economy, creating a country where corporations are more powerful than states and the public at large. Corporate oligopolies are a bigger threat to our freedom and to the existence of small businesses than government regulations. The large public corporations you represent are not the private sector; they are like the various industrial departments of the former Soviet Union.
Governor Romney, I will be voting for President Obama because even though he has never worked in the private sector, I believe his policies are much more supportive of small businesses like mine. I also believe that making sure there is plenty of room for small businesses is essential to a free society and a democratic economy. We can only build it together.
Sincerely,
Jed Horovitz
Mullica Hill, NJ
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