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Because entrepreneurs and small business owners is not a desired or targeted demographics by the Democrats anymore. Even though these groups provide a disproportionately large economic growth contribution, the number of votes the Democrats can realistically gather from them is relatively small. They target the lowest 30% and the salaried employees with their policy.


"Even though these groups provide a disproportionately large economic growth contribution"

No, most of productivity growth in industrialized countries arose from economics of scale from multinationals.

Its the same for China, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Soviet Union ...

Countries do not industrialize due to small business and entrepreneurs - regardless of much the average american likes to think that is true.


Very short-sighted thinking. Most multinationals were started by entrepreneurs, some even bear their names: e.g. Boeing, Ford, Dell, Bristol-Myers-Squibb. If you create a start-up unfriendly regime ( like in EU currently), they don't get started. Out of 1000 startups one becomes Boeing and 20 become sustainable medium size businesses that can be discarded for the microeconomic estimates.




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