In the first Presidential debate, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney spent a lot of time arguing about which of them would do more to help small business. (The phrase “small business” was repeated 26 times in the debate.) And as the economy still holds center stage in the campaign, the theme of what each will do for America’s almost 28 million small businesses will no doubt be revisited in Tuesday’s second debate.
Despite the seemingly unanimous opinion that Romney won the last debate, the candidates’ definitions of small business, small-business concerns, and how their respective tax plans would affect small business created as much as debate as their performances.