For years, government bureaucrats have been looking for ways to
destroy small businesses. With coronavirus, they finally had their
chance.
In 2020, the American economy suffered the biggest financial collapse in
history. But while Main Street suffered like never before, the stock
market continued to reach new highs. How could this be? The answer is
that government had slapped oppressive restrictions on small businesses
while propping up Wall Street and engineering a historic consolidation
of power and wealth.
This isn't a new problem. During the last financial crisis, Washington
bailed out large banks, saying they were "too big to fail." When the
federal government finally pushed out the CARES Act in 2020, it clearly
favored the wealthy and well-connected, showing that small businesses
were too small to matter. People across the political spectrum
constantly complain about the tyranny of big business, and they're not
wrong. However, too many think government is the solution. In reality,
government is the problem.
In The War on Small Business, entrepreneur Carol Roth unveils the many
abuses of power inflicted on small businesses during the COVID-19
pandemic. Small business owners were thrown in jail for trying to make a
living. Individual rights were discarded. Big government did what it
does best--intentionally protect the rich and powerful.
This is the most underreported story coming out of the pandemic. The
government chose winners and losers, who would thrive and who would
fight to survive, based on not data or science, but based on clout and
connections. This enabled the government, with the aid of the Federal
Reserve, to oversee the largest wealth transfer in history from Main
Street to Wall Street. The issues started long ago and continue today
with a highly tilted playing field that favors those "in the club" to
the detriment of the average Americans.
This book is about the Davids vs. the Goliaths and the decentralization
that can help the small, independent businesses and individuals
participate in wealth creation.
If Americans don't wake up and stop it, politicians will continue to
produce policies that intensify their war on small business and
individuals and all that stands in the way of centralized power and
control.
