Joe Biden may not be on the ballot in your local town, but his fingerprints are still smothering small businesses across the country. From high taxes to out-of-control regulations, the aftershocks of his economic policies continue to rattle Main Street. While Wall Street billionaires skate by, it’s the mom-and-pop shops—the backbone of the American economy—that are still suffering. And unless President Trump finishes the job of economic restoration, these businesses may never fully recover.

During Biden’s term, American small business owners were hammered with rising inflation, labor shortages, and a regulatory explosion that made day-to-day operations nearly impossible. While the media praised “resilience,” actual business owners were doing mental gymnastics just to keep their doors open. Now, in 2025, even after Biden has exited the White House, the economic damage he inflicted lingers like a bad cold that just won’t go away.

Under Biden, the cost of everything from eggs to energy soared, while the value of the dollar shrank in real time. Inflation became a daily tax on every transaction, draining working families and business owners alike. As the cost of materials rose, small businesses had to either eat the costs or risk pricing themselves out of the market. Big corporations, with their endless safety nets and D.C. lobbyists, adjusted easily. But your local diner? Your family-run auto shop? Not so lucky.

And while the Biden administration boasted about job growth, what they didn’t mention was that most of it was just people returning to the jobs they lost during lockdowns that Biden’s allies fought to keep in place. They also left out the part where many of those jobs became harder to fill thanks to endless stimulus packages and an expanding welfare state that paid people more to stay home than to work.

Worst of all was the regulatory overreach. From the Environmental Protection Agency to the Department of Labor, every corner of the federal bureaucracy seemed to be weaponized against the people trying to create jobs. You want to open a new location or hire more staff? Better be ready for a mountain of paperwork, inspections, and “compliance” rules that change by the week.

Now, President Trump is the only candidate promising to unwind the mess. During his first term, Trump delivered the largest tax cut in decades, cut more regulations than any modern president, and brought back common sense to Washington’s suffocating bureaucracy. Small businesses flourished. Confidence skyrocketed. The economy roared.

Now he’s back, and with a vengeance. Trump’s new “Make America Healthy Again” campaign isn’t just about physical health—it’s about economic health too. He’s made it clear: the days of job-killing red tape are numbered. Federal agencies will be forced to serve the people, not control them. Tax cuts will be back on the table. And the war on small business will end.

With allies like RFK Jr. at HHS and Elon Musk cutting through the fat with the Department of Government Efficiency, Trump’s second term is shaping up to be a direct assault on the swamp that Biden inflated. It’s not enough to stop the bleeding. We need to roll back the policies that made this economic chaos possible in the first place.

Critics say Trump’s approach is too aggressive. But after four years of Biden’s suffocating government expansion, aggression is exactly what’s needed. We don’t need another roundtable on small business equity. We need to slash corporate tax rates, end reckless federal spending, eliminate useless regulations, and give business owners the freedom to thrive again.

The bottom line is this: Joe Biden may no longer be sitting in the Oval Office, but his policies still haunt America’s entrepreneurs. They’re tired, they’re overtaxed, and they’re being crushed by the weight of a system that punishes success. President Trump is the only leader who’s shown he can reverse that trend—and his second term might be the last shot we have to truly revive American small business.