Small Business Growth With deep roots in their communities, small businesses and their employees are the engine driving the American economy creating 2 of 3 new jobs and employing nearly half the country's private workforce. Politicians on the Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship are working to level the playing field for small businesses and set conditions that help make starting and growing a small business not only easier, but possible. If you were consulting with the CSBE, what issue(s) would you choose to discuss? Would you have suggestions for improvement and /or theories for consideration in policy development? Please Explain.