Obama’s small business advocate has big credibility problems

Published August 13, 2013 4:00am ET



Small Business Majority is among President Obama’s favorite nonprofit backers, but the advocacy group’s leader has a lengthy record of failing to pay taxes and stiffing creditors.

John Arensmeyer, the 501(C)(3) group’s high-profile CEO, aggressively uses the advocacy nonprofit to promote Obama’s policy agenda, even though his organization, according to the New York Times, has no small business members.

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