Imagine living the American Dream, taking a risk to build a business from nothing, only to watch your tax dollars subsidize the government-backed competitor across the street.
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dollars → imagine → street
That is exactly what is happening in New York, where a coalition of small business owners went to court last week to stop the Mamdani regime from using taxpayer dollars to compete directly against them.
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coalition → happen → them
For more than 50 years, my family has operated a car dealership in Weatherford, Texas.
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family → operate → Weatherford
In all that time, I have never been the sole dealer in my market, nor have I asked the government to make me one.
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me → ask → government
In our business, we compete for our customers, and they, not the government, decide who wins.
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who → compete → customers
Socialism takes that choice away.
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Socialism → take → choice
It does not build a better store.
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It → build → store
The government picks up the tab, leaving the small business owner across the street to compete against an opponent whose losses are someone else’s problem.
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losses → pick → opponent
Republicans chose a different path.
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Republicans → choose → path
Through the Working Families Tax Cuts , we made the 20% small business deduction permanent, giving Main Street businesses the certainty to invest, expand, and hire.
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deduction → make → certainty
On average, 8 million small business owners are keeping an extra $4,600 — helping them breathe a little easier.
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them → keep → 4,600
Full expensing, for example, allows a machine shop to deduct the entire cost of qualifying new equipment in the year it's purchased.
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it → allow → year
We also ended the tax on tips and overtime pay so hardworking Americans can keep more of what they earn.
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they → end → what
Already, nearly 20 million workers have benefited from overtime relief alone.
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workers → benefit → relief
We cut red tape, saving $211.8 billion in regulatory costs last fiscal year.
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In May, the SBA doubled the maximum loan size available to growing businesses, from $5 million to $10 million.
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SBA → double → million
The result is an economy where entrepreneurs are once again willing to bet on themselves.
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entrepreneurs → bet → themselves
Small business optimism is running above its 52-year average, hiring plans are the strongest they have been since 2022, and in July alone, Americans filed 578,926 applications to start new businesses.
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Americans → run → businesses
That is what happens when Republican leadership puts Main Street first.
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Democrats call their approach compassion.
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Democrats → call → approach
Look at what happens to the people they claim to help.
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Los Angeles is phasing in a $30 hourly wage for hospitality workers, and a survey of owners this spring found that roughly 650 jobs had already been lost.
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jobs → phase → owners
New York's delivery-pay mandate allegedly shrank the ranks of active delivery workers by nearly 28,000 and increased the fee on every order by 72%.
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mandate → shrink → %
Fewer jobs, higher prices, and small businesses are left holding the bill.
Republican-led states have taken a different approach.
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Over the past year, my home state of Texas added 165,600 jobs — more than any other state.
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state → add → state
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, who left the Democratic Party in 2023, now calls his city "America's Sanctuary City from Socialism."
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who → leave → Socialism
The results speak for themselves.
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results → speak → themselves
As Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, I will always fight for the people willing to put their own money and time on the line to build something of their own.
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I → fight → own
Government should create conditions that enable entrepreneurs to succeed, not use taxpayer dollars to compete against them.
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that → create → them
Every single Democrat in Congress voted against the Working Families Tax Cuts.
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Democrat → vote → Cuts
They voted against permanent tax relief for 36 million small business owners.
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They → vote → owners
They voted against Main Street.
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They → vote → Street
Socialism offers you a government store.
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Socialism → offer → store
Capitalism offers you the keys to your own.
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Capitalism → offer → own
The business owners in that New York courtroom are not asking for a handout.
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owners → ask → handout
They are asking for something far more fundamental: the freedom to compete, the room to build something of their own, and the right to keep what they have worked so hard to create.
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they → ask → what
