Everyone says "tax the rich" but look at the actual breakdown. A small business earning $500,000 pays roughly $105,000 in federal corporate tax, plus state taxes, payroll taxes, and property taxes. A giant multi-billion dollar tech firm uses offshore loopholes, tax credits, and stock options to pay $0 in federal tax on billions in revenue. It takes 1,000 local small businesses carrying the full tax load to match what one loophole saves a single mega-corp. So why keep squeezing local business owners who are actually funding the community? The problem was never small business tax rates. It’s a system engineered to tax real work while subsidizing financial acrobatics. Stop squeezing the middle. Start fixing the loopholes.