Ted Poe: “I have heard from many Texas business owners who built their own business without government help. Here's what Pam from…”

“I have heard from many Texas business owners who built their own business without government help. Here's what Pam from Liberty, Texas, has to say: We are college educated, taxpaying citizens who have a lifetime of hard work under our belts. We have stayed up nights trying to figure out how we were going to pay our taxes, insurance, employees, and bank notes. We started from scratch, owning convenience stores, car washes, mini storage businesses, a clothing business, and also operated/owned two small-town movie theaters that were built by my husband's grandparents and parents. The latest is a real estate business. There's not much that anyone can tell us about the sacrifices that have to be made when you start up your own business. We have done it all, including working full-time jobs for someone else to make ends meet. No government agency has ever helped us with one thing, but the government certainly has made our work harder and more expensive to run/ operate our businesses. Mr. Speaker, people--not the government--make America's businesses successful. And that's just the way it is. ____________________”