Small business owners dip into personal wealth to survive? Of course they do
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We are living through an era where there is much discussion about capitalism, taxes, executive pay and so on. Is Philip Green a monster for raiding the BHS coffers when they were his to raid? Is the pay of a city CEO morally acceptable when his lowest paid workers are on a fraction of his income? These are legitimate debates to have, but politicians engaging with them miss a crucial point: large businesses are not the majority.