>>And trying to grow a $50M business creates jobs so that other people can earn a living instead of trying to obtain a hand out from the government.

Creates jobs? These days, once a business reaches a certain size it seeks to offshore the jobs to a lower-price economy to maximize profit. The business isn't actually creating $ or jobs, in fact it displaces other smaller businesses and the jobs they used to offer.

The "teach a man to fish" is all good fun, but has nothing to do with it.

If you want local jobs, options are increasingly limited to infrastructure or deferred maintenance or something that cannot be offshored. It is very clear that big business may have all the attention and influence and much of the capability, but it isn't the driver of jobs and the economy. It's the driver of dividends and benefits for the few. Every time a collection of small business is lost to one big corporate, the driving force for jobs and community benefit is lost, replaced by displaced labor and maximized dividends.