by Carl F. Worden

Sierra Times

02/21/05

Although the Bush Administration has consistently touted small businesses as the backbone and heart America needs to restore our jobs and prosperity, the inescapable truth is that large national and international corporations have gained more ground during this presidency than in just about the entire business history of the United States, while individual American citizens have lost jobs and individual rights in the same process. One of the few failures the Bush Administration suffered came soon after Bush was sworn in for his first term. He was pitching 'bankruptcy reform,' and few Americans knew at the time that the single largest contributors to the first Bush campaign were credit card companies who were convinced an anticipated economic turndown would result in massive bankruptcies filed to clear the burgeoning personal credit card debt Americans were driving up -- and still are...

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