Small Businessman Who Hit Obama at GOP Convention Got $850,000 in Government Loans

motherjones:

In Tampa, Andy Kroll keeps it real:

“President Obama talks like he supports small businesses, but his actions are destroying us,” Archuleta told the thousands in attendance Tuesday night. “His administration is putting us out of business. It is our turn to put them out of office!”

But Archuleta’s business, like those of several other business owners at the GOP convention, benefited greatly from government help. Through the Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency, Archuleta secured an $850,000 Small Business Administration loan guarantee to build an 11,700-square-foot building for his company.

We watched this just long enough for me to get physically ill last night…