Small Businesses, Entrepreneurship, & Supporting the Backbone of Our Economy
Small businesses, local contractors, startups, and family-run restaurants are the true backbone of our economy and the lifeblood of our neighborhoods. But right now, Main Street is getting crushed by a rigged system that heavily favors multinational corporate monopolies over the people building something from the ground up. Giant corporations use anti-competitive practices to ruthlessly undercut local businesses, monopolize supply chains, and squeeze independent owners out of the market. To make matters worse, first-generation entrepreneurs, young founders, and underserved communities are routinely shut out of the capital, grants, and loans needed to launch their ideas. If you are willing to take a risk and work hard to build a business of your own, the government should be working to help you thrive, not drowning you in unnecessary bureaucracy while giving tax breaks to billionaires.
I am running for Congress to tear down these corporate barriers and level the economic playing field for our local creators. I will fight for strong antitrust enforcement to break up monopolies that stifle fair competition, while aggressively expanding federal small business loans and technical assistance programs for those who lack wealthy connections or privilege. We must modernize our local economies from the inside out by investing heavily in regional infrastructure, universal broadband access, and community innovation hubs. Small businesses do not just create jobs—they sponsor our youth sports teams, support our families, and give our communities their unique identity. It is time for a federal policy that fiercely protects and invests in the independent workers who keep our country running.
