Small Business

I'm confused.

When Freshman Congressman Heath Shuler voted for the Iraq Supplemental providing for funding the troops, ensuring their readiness, and establishing a timeline for withdrawal, I thought he meant that he'd like to see our troops out of Iraq's civil war. He said this,

"The time has come for a new direction in Iraq. Tonight I joined with a majority of the House of Representatives to once again to change our course, while demanding accountability and fiscal responsibility over the war in Iraq. This Congress will not grant President Bush a blank check to continue this war indefinitely."

Rep. Shuler, however, then voted against the McGovern Amendment (HR2237), which would "provide for the redeployment of United States Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq."

cross posted at Rambling Rambles

I saw this over at Govexec.com.

So, it seems that Kerry is going to reinvigorate the Small Business Admin. All I can say is great. We all know that small businesses are good for not only the national economy but also the local ones as well. I hope that Kerry will use his role to also look into what we can do to protect small, local business from the big mega-stores and mega-corporations too. With the founder of the Grameen Bank set to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in less than a week now, it should be on the front of all our minds what we can do to help the small person.

Reminds me of what Dad told me when I was small when I asked about the difference between the Democrats and the Republicans. He told me that Republicans were for big business and the rich people and that the Democrats were for everyone else. Made sense to me then and makes sense to me now.