President Donald J. Trump's proclamation declares May 4-10, 2025, as National Small Business Week.
The proclamation emphasizes the vital contribution of small businesses to the U.S. economy, job creation, and innovation.
While acknowledging recent challenges faced by small businesses, it highlights the administration's efforts to address issues like unfair trade practices and burdensome regulations through initiatives such as the Made in America Manufacturing Initiative. The proclamation serves as a recognition of small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Arguments For
Intended Benefits: The proclamation recognizes the crucial role of small businesses in job creation, economic growth, and innovation, boosting morale and potentially attracting investment.
Evidence Cited: The proclamation cites statistics on small business employment and job creation, highlighting their economic impact.
Implementation Methods: The proclamation is a symbolic gesture, raising awareness and potentially influencing policy decisions.
Legal/Historical Basis: The president's authority to issue proclamations is established in the Constitution and longstanding practice.
Arguments Against
Potential Impacts: The proclamation's impact might be limited to symbolic recognition, with little tangible effect on small business challenges.
Implementation Challenges: Proclamation alone does not resolve underlying issues like unfair trade, high inflation, or burdensome regulations.
Alternative Approaches: More concrete policy measures, such as tax breaks, regulatory reform, or trade agreements, could provide more substantial support to small businesses.
Unintended Effects: The proclamation might not address the specific needs of all small businesses, potentially failing to reach its intended audience and goals.
Presidential Actions
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
This is the title of the document, formally introducing the presidential proclamation.
Small businesses power our economy from the ground up, driving innovation and building products that keep America strong, competitive, and secure. During National Small Business Week, we celebrate the unyielding spirit, creativity, and perseverance of our hardworking entrepreneurs who dare to dream big.
This section introduces the importance of small businesses to the American economy, emphasizing their role in driving innovation and maintaining national competitiveness.
It sets the tone for the proclamation by highlighting the entrepreneurial spirit.
Small businesses are vital to our economy. America has 33 million small businesses that employ 61.7 million Americans — nearly half of the private-sector workforce — and create almost two out of every three new jobs in the country.
This section provides statistical evidence of the significant role small businesses play in the U.S. economy, focusing on employment numbers and job creation.
In recent years, small business owners have faced unprecedented challenges — record high inflation, reckless Federal spending, and burdensome regulations — yet have remained committed to delivering for America’s communities.
The section acknowledges obstacles faced by small businesses in recent years, including inflation, government spending, and regulations.
Small businesses across the country have also carried the burden of a broken global trade system for far too long. Originally designed after World War II to support recovery in war-torn nations, it is now exploited by foreign competitors. They flood our markets with cheap goods while shutting out quality American products.
This section points out the challenges small businesses face due to what the proclamation characterizes as unfair global trade practices.
Too many in our Government were afraid to tackle this problem. Now, at last, my Administration is fixing it. On Liberation Day, we implemented targeted tariffs to protect American businesses from unfair trade practices and to strengthen local supply chains. We are putting American people first and delivering long-overdue relief for our workers and entrepreneurs.
The section claims that the current administration is actively addressing the issue of unfair trade practices, including the use of tariffs to protect domestic businesses.
My Administration is unleashing a new era of opportunity for small businesses built on common sense and pro-growth policies that put our workers and our job creators first. We are cutting red tape, keeping taxes low, promoting fair and reciprocal trade practices, and fighting for hardworking Americans.
This section outlines the administration's policy approach to supporting small businesses, citing deregulation, low taxes, and fair trade as key initiatives.
The Made in America Manufacturing Initiative is creating good-paying jobs and securing our supply chains, while cutting $100 billion in regulations that disproportionately burden small businesses and manufacturers. Free from crippling compliance and regulatory hurdles, we are empowering our businesses to focus on what they do best: business.
This highlights a specific initiative, the Made in America Manufacturing Initiative, aimed at job creation, supply chain security, and regulatory relief for businesses.
Entrepreneurship is the foundation of a free and prosperous Nation and the engine of the American economy — built by men and women who work hard, take risks, and believe in the power of the American Dream. From our fields to our factories to the frontiers of technology, our small businesses embody the American spirit, driving growth and creating new employment opportunities. Our history of ingenuity and grit is unrivaled, and by renewing our support of small businesses, we are raising wages, strengthening American families, and leading our country and the world into a new Golden Age.
This section concludes with a strong statement emphasizing the importance of entrepreneurship and the positive impact of supporting small businesses on American society and the global economy.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 4 through May 10, 2025, as National Small Business Week. I call upon all Americans to recognize the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners as they grow our Nation’s economy.
This is the formal proclamation declaring May 4-10, 2025 as National Small Business Week, citing the president's constitutional authority.
It calls for national recognition of small business contributions.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
This section is the formal closing of the proclamation, including the date and the president's signature.
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