Small Business Saturday

Today is Small Business Saturday. Since many people participated yesterday in the nonsense called "Black Friday" in the attempt to feed their greed, I think those same persons ought to participate in Small Business Saturday today.

Some facts:

-For every $100 spent at a local small business, $68 returns to the community.-- Civic Economics

-Half of all private sector employees work for small businesses.-- Small Business Administration

-Small businesses represent 99.7% of all employer firms.-- Small Business Administration

-Every year over the last decade, 60%-80% of new jobs were generated by small business.-- Small Business Administration

So, for those who couldn't resist yesterday's greedfest, do your local business owners a favor today and eat at a local restaurant or buy something from a small shop owner in the area... after all you should have plenty of money from what you saved yesterday pushing and shoving to get one of those five techie gadgets in stock.

Madison Avenue pulled your strings yesterday. Do something of real value today and support a local business owner.