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There is so much uncertainty out there, and the government in Washington doesn't seem to get it. What's needed is a new business environment.

Washington has to become an ally of business, not the opposition of business.

While Washington pays lip service to the challenges facing small businesses, it repeatedly chooses its own expansion over results. In effect, government has become a huge silent partner in all businesses, often taking a majority of the profits and forcing many unprofitable business decisions without the risk that it will be fired.

This opportunity - to make it to the middle class or beyond no matter where you start out in life - it isn't bestowed on us from Washington. It comes from a vibrant free economy where people can risk their own money to open a business.

Small businesses all across this nation are tired of the uncertainty created by Washington.

The country has moved off track. The people in Washington don't have the hard-nosed business experience needed to get the economy up and running.

What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule.

As a president, we need a businessman who understands that business is not usual - someone who's not going to put up with business as usual in Washington, D.C. Having a businessman who's not going to put up with business as usual in Washington, D.C., is exactly what we need.

The business of America is business.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.