As the election nears, the battle between candidates Mitt Romney and President Obama is heating up. Naturally, both sides are turning to small business as their main talk point. The President’s camp is arguing that Romney is on the side of big business while Romney’s group is saying that the President is harming small business. As you can see, it can be very confusing for the average person watching from the outside. Union Leader continues, “Tim Stone, owner of StoneHill Environmental consulting firm, said on an Obama campaign conference call the choice in the election is “supporting middle-class folks like myself and small businesses or continuing to provide tax breaks and loopholes for the wealthiest and big businesses.”

Romney spokesman Ryan Williams said that under Obama taxes and regulations on small businesses have increased as have the federal deficit and the unemployment rate. He accused the Obama campaign of “attacking small business owners as part of its disgraceful strategy to convince Americans that business is dependent on government.” Williams’ comments came after Obama campaign officials sent out on Twitter a New Hampshire Union Leader report Monday that Hudson business owner Jack Gilchrist, who appeared in a tough Romney ad that was unveiled last week, received government-assisted bonds and loans in the 1980s and 1990s for his business. “President Obama believes discredited liberal policies and bigger government are the solutions to our economic challenges,” Williams said. “Mitt Romney couldn’t disagree more with the President, and he believes that entrepreneurs and our free market system create jobs…””