It’s My Party
And you may be crying if you stick with it come Election Day. Entrepreneurial concerns don't necessarily fall along Democrat/Republican lines, so know which candidate is best for your business.
A successful company rarely changes its CEO, but countries are
not companies. Bill Clinton will step down as President of the
United States in January, as required by the Constitution. You can
love him or hate him, credit him with the current economic climate
or not, but the fact remains that the U.S. economy has boomed
through the eight years of the Clinton Administration.
Entrepreneurs have been able to launch companies and succeed in
this environment to a dazzling degree. So who can keep this party
rolling?
That's the question on the minds of entrepreneurs as they
judge the two leading candidates to replace President Clinton.
Fortunately, Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W.
Bush seem to understand the special needs of entrepreneurs.
"Both Bush and Gore are sympathetic to the entrepreneurial
spirit in America," says Bennie L. Thayer, president and CEO
of the National Association for the Self-Employed.
Part of that understanding may come from their backgrounds. Gore
worked on his family's farm as a child and teenager, and then
bought his own farm in Carthage, Tennessee, with wife Tipper in
1973. (It's fair to note, however, that he is more the
gentleman farmer, having worked as a newspaper reporter and
politician since leaving the Army.) Bush worked in the oil business
for 11 years starting in 1976 and then was the managing general
partner of Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers (not exactly
your typical start-up).
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Freelance writer Chris Sandlund is a former editor of
Success and Home Office Computing magazines. He worked as
a legislative aide in the U.S. Senate covering tax, trade and
banking issues from 1985 to 1987.