Main Street Alliance Releases Report on Reining in Monopolies
March 14, 2022
Monopoly power is a top concern for Main Street Alliance, small business owners. To explore this issue further, MSA surveyed over 100 of our top leaders and further held listening sessions and interviews with over 50 small business leaders across the country in late 2021. As a result of those conversations, this report elevates the common trends and themes we heard on how monopoly power is impacting small businesses across the country.
Main Street Alliance on the State of the Union
March 2, 2022
In reaction to President Biden’s State of the Union speech last night, Co-Executive Director of Main Street Alliance Chanda Causer had this to say:
“Last night, President Biden spoke directly to the American people about the progress of the last year in the face of deep challenges, as well as his optimism for the future. The Biden-Harris economic strategy is producing historic results, in large part due to the public investment of the American Rescue Plan. Entrepreneurship and business investment rebounded, and the economy achieved its fastest job growth in American history. Six million small businesses were supported, and over 5 million new ones were created. It's important to emphasize that this progress is occurring amidst an historic shift from the old, outdated trickle-down approach to one that centers workers, families, and what small businesses need - public investment.
Main Street Alliance Stands in Solidarity with our Minnesota Family
Main Street Alliance and our member businesses condemn the murder of Amir Locke at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department officers. We stand in solidarity with those demanding justice for Mr. Locke, his family, and all those who have suffered discrimination, targeting, injury and death because of white supremacy and police brutality.
Small Businesses Demand that Fight for Voting Rights Must Continue
January 20, 2022
In response to the Senate’s failure to pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act today, Main Street Alliance Co-Executive Director Chanda Causer had this to say:
“Main Street Alliance and our small business members are frustrated and disappointed by the Senate’s failure to advance the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. Failing to pass voting rights legislation that protects our democracy directly threatens our economy. The continued blocking, at every turn, does not provide small businesses confidence in the state of our democracy or local economy. The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act aims to achieve goals that have long had strong bipartisan support. These include prohibiting gerrymandering, and increasing disclosure of money spent in federal elections, which are particularly important to small businesses - ignored over excessive corporate influence...”
Small Businesses applaud DOJ and FTC Announcement to Launch Transformational Effort to Restore Antimonopoly Merger Guidelines
January 18, 2021
On the FTC and DOJ announcement to restore antimonopoly merger guidelines, Main Street Alliance’s Director of Policy and Political Impact Didier Trinh had this to say:
“The trend in unabated mergers over the last few decades is how many large corporations have gone from simply large to monopolistic. Monopolies and corporate concentration have real impacts across the small business economy. As we hear from members, this has been an ongoing issue that is directly impacting small business bottom lines and competitiveness. Main Street Alliance applauds the FTC and DOJ for making a real investment to stem the flood of anti-competitive mergers. Antitrust regulation and enforcement is one place where we can look to build a more resilient and fair economy coming out of the pandemic.”