Social, political and economic consequences of corporate size

Congress has often expressed its concern for fostering the long term values of small business as the cornerstone of a viable political, social and economic system guaranteeing fundamental human freedom, maximizing economic opportunity and well-being, and providing political stability in the world's oldest democracy. Congress has acted to implement this concern principally by providing for subsidies, special tax benefits, special preference for small businesses in selling surplus government property,1 low cost government loans through the Small Business Administration2 and special interest legislation like "Fair Trade" sheltering small business from the rigors of competition.