Washington Post: Swarthmore Businessman Feels Government Should Do More for Small Businesses
Scott Richardson was able to reopen his Swarthmore business, Occasionally Yours, in early June, writes Helaine Olen for The Washington Post.
Now the 30-year business is “treading water.”
Richardson supported President Trump in 2016 but now blames him for the mess.
“I thought he’s a businessperson, not a politician, maybe he’ll mix things up,” Richardson said. “I could have lived with him till his response to COVID.” Now? “If I can do anything to sway a person from Trump to Biden, that’s now my life mission.”
Many business owners liked having an entrepreneur in the White House. In January, the president had a 64 percent approval rating among small business owners.
But it’s not gotten easier for small businesses.
It takes several hundred thousand dollars a year to benefit from Trump’s corporate tax reductions. The median income of a small business owner is $69,000 annually.
The Paycheck Protection Plan, the main COVID-19 relief for businesses, was difficult to apply for. The process favored larger companies and left small business owners worrying about paying off another loan.
Richardson said Trump didn’t handle the crisis like a businessman would and said he should have leveled with the American people.
Read more about Scott Richardson and Trump here.
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