Today, I spoke out about the challenges facing small businesses due to financial instability — especially the consequences of recent government decisions regarding import tariffs. Despite rising costs, supply chain disruptions, and dwindling federal support, these businesses carry on. That is a form of everyday heroism that often goes unnoticed.
I'm reminded of Arthur Ashe’s wise words:
"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost."
Small business owners embody this spirit. Their strength lies in the price of love, service, and principle — choosing daily to show up for their communities, often sacrificing their own comfort or profit to do so.
This is American stewardship at its finest: doing the extraordinary while simply striving to meet the demands of the everyday. From family-run grocery stores to neighborhood restaurants, these local heroes carry the weight of financial uncertainty while still providing their neighbors with essential goods, services, and even kindness — often extending credit to customers in need.
Their resilience is quiet but powerful. They continue on, even as fluctuating supply chains — such as shortages of Mexican avocados — threaten their ability to serve. These are not just economic ripples; they are disruptions that affect families, livelihoods, and local culture.
So today, I choose to raise my voice not just as a concerned citizen, but as an advocate. I honor the small business owners who meet each day’s challenge with courage and compassion. I urge others to stand up, speak out, and protect the backbone of American free enterprise.
If we remain silent, today's struggling merchant becomes tomorrow's shuttered construction company — and eventually, the erosion of the very heart of our economy: the freedom to build, create, and serve with dignity.
Let us remember: True patriotism includes protecting those who keep the American spirit alive at home.
📚 Historical and Cultural Quotes Supporting my passion.
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -- Theodore Roosevelt
This is to remind us that small businesses work heroically with limited resources.
"The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so well, for themselves — in their separate and individual capacities." -- Abraham Lincoln
This is a call for government to support — not hinder — local industry.
"In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
This supports thoughtful exercise of Executive power to maintain compassion for all business owners who serve great and small.
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