The National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship has put out a summary on how they see the democratic candidates supporting entrepreneurship. Guess what? They all want to create more agencies and more federal programs!! Hard to believe, isn't it.
Here are some of the highlights (taken from NDE's newsletter):
Wesley Clark:
-expand the Manufacturing Extension Program
Howard Dean:
-create a Small Business Capital Corporation
-create a Universal Health Benefits program
-create a Fund to Restore America
John Edwards:
-create Economic Revitalization Zones
-create a Rural Economic Advancement Challenge Fund (venture capital to America?s rural communities)
Richard Gephardt:
-create a national health insurance program
-expand existing SBA programs
-create a National Development Bank
John Kerry:
-create a national health insurance program
-create a Small Business Opportunity Fund
-create an Office of Manufacturing at the SBA
Dennis Kucinich:
-create a Universal Health Care program
-create a Federal Bank for Infrastructure Modernization
Joseph Lieberman:
-create a national health insurance program
-create Worker of the Future Centers
-create NextTech, a new R&D consortium
Carol Moseley Braun:
-create a national health insurance program
-more money for public education
-stronger enforcement of affirmative action
Al Sharpton:
-create a national health insurance program
-three new Constitutional amendments to guarantee the right to quality education, health care, and to ensure full and equal voting rights
When will they learn that the biggest problem related to government for entrepreneurs is too much government, not too little. We need an agenda that says "here's how we'll finally get out of your way".
