South By North Strategies, Ltd.

Jared Bernstein provides a useful reminder that while most businesses are small, most workers are employed at large businesses.

So, summing up, small businesses, say those with 100 workers or less, account for a minority of both workers and payrolls, and are not the primary engine of job growth.
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Why then all the favoritism in policy circles, which is especially problematic if you listen to the one-sided agenda of their guy on the Diane Rehm show (e.g., his organization is against extended unemployment benefits because their members allegedly report that recipients won’t take jobs until their benefits run out; Larry Mishel, along with a bunch of folks who called into the show, did a good job of calling him out)?
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In part, because they need and deserve help.  Larger firms have fewer credit and cash flow challenges, nor do they operate on such tight margins.  It’s easier for larger firms to sell into and expand foreign markets, which is especially useful to them right now, as that’s where the growth is.
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But the political clout of small businesses and the misrepresentations of folks like the guy on this show are a big problem in our politics.  In this regard, small is not beautiful.