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Opinion: Tax cuts help keep the American Dream alive in Georgia and across the nation

Photo by Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Canton Street in Roswell, Georgia, where Jenna Aronowitz says her 1920 Tavern is benefiting from tax cuts.
Photo by Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Canton Street in Roswell, Georgia, where Jenna Aronowitz says her 1920 Tavern is benefiting from tax cuts. Photo by Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Canton Street in Roswell, Georgia, where Jenna Aronowitz says her 1920 Tavern is benefiting from tax cuts.

Reports of the death of the American Dream are greatly exaggerated. My husband and I are living proof it’s alive and well.

We immigrated to the U.S. from South Africa, spent decades of hard work — literal blood, sweat, and tears — as franchisees, and are now proud owners of the restaurant 1920 Tavern in Roswell, Georgia.

We feel lucky to be part of this incredible community.

New federal tax cuts will make it easier for other entrepreneurs from all backgrounds to follow in our footsteps and create jobs in their own communities.

The Working Families Tax Cut, signed into law on Independence Day, expands and makes permanent key small business tax breaks that were set to expire at the end of this year.