Small businesses got shut out from tax reform benefits

With Tax Day behind us and National Small Business Week upon us, it’s the perfect moment to reflect on what helps small businesses prosper. Encouraging people to “Shop Local” definitely helps. Each year, Small Business Week gives my business a boost.

Not so the Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Although proponents of the law vowed to “help small business,” the hollowness of that promise became obv...