Business hasn’t been all that great the past four years in America. But, never fear, our president has noticed – even if it’s taken him a while. His solution: a new U.S. Department of Business.
That’s right. A whole new federal department would consolidate and coordinate the current six federal agencies dealing with trade and commerce so American businesses would need to contact only one, over-branching organization for help. Voilà! Problem solved.
The proposed change is supposed to simplify matters. Why do some of us suspect it would only complicate them?
Maybe because that’s been the general history of government expansion in recent years. Look at the growth of federal jobs during the Obama years compared to the shrinking employment numbers in the private economy.
Now one more government agency would be added to the mix. It’s all supposed to help American business. (“We’re from Washington and we’re here to help.”) If this administration were serious about wanting to help, it would have gotten serious some time ago about cutting the taxes and red tape that burden American business, especially small business. Not add another layer of bureaucracy to all that.