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February 26, 2007
Mayors Ramsey and Littlefield, Listen to This
You constantly hear about Mayors trying to make that "big deal." Landing a Nissan, building a convention center or a stadium. Now, all those things may be great. They may spark and sustain economic growth but the backbone of any economy is entrepreneurship. Small businesses, mom and pop type companies.Big corporations have their place but a candidate who speaks up for small business and explains how government can help small entrepreneurs could catch fire.
Man, he could be talking about Enterprise South, and our officials' desperate fishing expedition for that one mother of a company to make it go. A megasite doesn't have to be inhabited by a mega company, in my view. And look at the original(?) Industrial Revolution as an example: entrepreneurship breeds entrepreneurship.
UPDATE: See what I mean? (via NC9)
UPDATE II: St Elmo Dad has some important reminders from a different perspective in the comments at Josiah's and at Chattanooga is Home. I appreciate hearing varying points of view on this, as it helps me form a more balanced outlook.
Elections , Government | By joe lance | 10:39 PM