I want to first thank Leader Cantor for his leadership on economic issues, especially those along Main Street. That's what this is about. This isn't about Paris Hilton, Larry Flynt, or even Hilary Rosen, the President's top adviser, who recently denigrated women who choose to work at home. It's not about celebrities. It's about small business people. They're the ones who have been left behind in the Obama economy. Think about this. We have tens, literally, tens of millions of Americans who can't find a full-time job. There are millions more who have just given up. They don't even look for work anymore. Here we are. It's hard to believe there are fewer Americans working today than when the President took office. Bailouts, stimulus, Cash for Clunkers, housing bailout, Solyndra bailout, all of that, fewer Americans working, 700,000 fewer women with a job. Small businesses have borne the brunt of this terrible recovery. It is time we help them instead of raising taxes on those who succeed. Why don't we let them keep 20 percent more of the income they earn, the sales they make, the weekends they work, the charges they put on their credit cards, all they do to survive and succeed in this economy? Republicans are determined to give them a chance to succeed until this economy can get back to work, to hire new workers, to keep new workers.…
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