James Hill: “to me the American dream is the opportunity to do what you want to do or be what you want to be. And to be in business…”

“to me the American dream is the opportunity to do what you want to do or be what you want to be. And to be in business for yourself is one of those things. But we are in an economy in transition. Companies are downsizing. People are being laid off. People with a lot of skills who, if given the opportunity, can go out and start a business and often it is a service oriented business. And generally speaking they are going to operate that business from their home. But just think about this, those people who would oppose this are the people who think that those folks ought to go on welfare or those people who think that they ought to collect unemployment benefits rather than to go out and provide for themselves and for their families on an equal basis. I hear a lot of discussion in the Congress about the lack of health insurance for families. Half of the children who are not covered by health insurance have parents who are temporarily unemployed. So what this bill would allow is important, those people who find themselves in that situation to be able to provide for their families by taking a deduction for their health insurance if they want to seek self-employment.”