Small Business Owners Feel the Heat of Inflation—And Washington Keeps Pouring Gasoline on the Fire

Inflation Isn’t a Headwind—It’s a Controlled Demolition of Main Street According to a new Bank of America study, 70% of small and mid-sized business owners say inflation is their top concern. No surprise there. The real surprise is how few journalists are willing to call this what it is: a policy-driven wrecking ball disguised as "growth." Businesses are seeing their costs rise 18%, and passing on about 12% of that to consumers. But the arithmetic is grim—there’s still a 6% squeeze happening on every transaction, and that pressure isn’t going away. We’ve got to stop pretending this inflation is some mysterious, external event—like a hurricane that blew through the supply chain. Inflation is a political decision. The result of years…