It scares me to think that small businesses in the U.S. are the engine of our economy. Oftentimes, struggling and existing businesses do not have the consumer support to become successful, and everyone else suffers. Not only do they often borrow money they cannot pay back but in a guiltless plea expect banks and our America to pervert the right to their employees' fair wage at an unforgivable $5.15 an hour, which is a highly unlivable wage for an individual or family. Meanwhile, the entrepreneur is permitted to forget the needs of employees while trying to make it by exploiting others, which can and has warped our society.
I have abandoned the American Dream of getting rich as the sign of success. Not everyone wants to be rich and what a very shallow dream at that. It is true that some good enough enterprises can be successful and pay their employees a living wage. But as described by financial analysts, there are not enough of them to keep Wall Street afloat.
The moral here is if you don't have a good enough product to sell for a business' success, then maybe you shouldn't have gone into business.
Charlotte Fisketti
Duluth
