Yesterday the House voted overwhelmingly to help small businesses by amending the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, and for other purposes.
The vote was 368-43, with 149 Republicans voting in favor of giving a helping hand to the little people who run our nation's small businesses.
Rep. Jeff Flake, of course, laissez-faire extremist that he is, violently opposed the bill.
Jeff Flake wants to make sure the government doesn't spend a single penny to help the little guy innovate.
Why should he care? Supposedly guaranteed re-election, Jeff Flake gets the million dollars in his bulging campaign treasury from the richest fat cats and corporations in the country.
Jeff Flake doesn't need help from little guys and he's determined to see that little guys get no help from any government that he's a part of.
Why doesn't his congressional office just put out a press release headlined "Rep. Jeff Flake to Middle Class: Drop Dead"?
Maybe I shouldn't have given the Maker's Mark-drinking, cigar-smoking, smirking right-wing fanatics on Jeff Flake's staff the idea...
Small business owners, make no mistake: Jeff Flake is your enemy. He's proved that time and again with his votes.
Now what will you do with your vote in November?
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