‘Pain Street’: Markey Report Shows Trump Hurting Small Businesses and Working Families

Photo: Keynote with Senator Ed Markey – February 11, 2025. Photo credit: Internet Education Foundation via Flickr. CC BY 4.0 (no modifications). Article by Jessica Corbett. Common Dreams – February 11, 2026.

A report released Wednesday by a key Democratic senator details how President Donald Trump’s “economic policies are making life unaffordable for millions of American small businesses, their workers, and their customers.” Since Trump returned to power last year, “America’s 36 million small businesses and their workers have faced increased costs for everything from healthcare to electricity, groceries, childcare, housing, and other everyday necessities,” notes Pain Street, the new report from Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. […]

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