On Feb 5, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Sean Andrews wrote:
> You almost *HAVE* to say that you support
> small businesses to feel okay about yourself
It's not just that - it's a longstanding fantasy of the American working class (one I've managed to achieve for myself, more or less, I must confess, making me, gasp, petty bourgeois!) to escape from the working class by becoming self-employed or a small businessperson. The classic book whose authors I forget and can't look up because I'm on a deadline writing up this morning's (not horrible) employment report, The American Perception of Class, shows this going back a long way.
Doug