While family businesses are the dominant force in the economy, very little attention is paid to that fact. We support SD Metro’s efforts to highlight the impressive statistics that show the family business sector’s impact on the economy, and we congratulate these two fine businesses you chose to profile. However, family businesses can suffer from unintended consequences when laws do not account for the family ownership aspect. We hope that, moving forward, family businesses are not disadvantaged just becaused the owners (and possibly some of the employees) are related.

For more information on FEUSA’s efforts to shine a light on the “lifeblood of the American economy,” please visit our website at http://www.familyenterpriseusa.org.