Dan S. I don't really understand how this thread morphed, but if you really want to know, here you are. I ran my own small business for 35 years, and now watching big business has become somewhat of a (hobby).

President Obama has been good for much of big business, but he is not a free market capitalist, as he wants to pick the winners and the losers.

Here is what Michael F Cannon has to say about the ACA and its effect on small business.

http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/obamacare-burden-small-business
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