We need to determine how our tax structure and incentive programs can help foster business development and growth, rather than use taxpayer dollars to take over industries deemed “Too Big to Fail” by the government. It is imperative we talk to the small business owners for they are the ones who create jobs, promote entrepreneurship and fuel the economic engine of the United States.

For centuries, these are the people who have sacrificed, saved and created a way to leave a future for their families and for their country. The country’s in trouble because we spent too much. The United States has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.

What can we do? We can stimulate jobs by continuing the tax cuts instituted in 2002, but which expire at the end of the year. Important elements of these cuts include:
• A reduction of individual income tax rates;
• An increase in the child tax credit from $500 to $1,000;
• A phased-in reduction in estate taxes, and a one-year repeal in 2010; and
• Get “Main Street” banks to loan money to small business.