American business owners, you're on notice...you are NOT President Santorum's "central focus."

[Miles Archer]

Rick Santorum, a potential candidate for president in 2016, argues that the Republicans should focus more on people working for businesses than people who own businesses, if only because of simple math. Santorum said Republicans need to concentrate more on the concerns of ordinary voters.

"I've made the central focus of what I've been out talking about the fact that 90 percent of American workers don't own their own business. They're actually working for businesses and that Republicans better have a message that appeals to their place in the world today and their opportunity to rise in society," Santorum said on CBS’s Face the Nation on April 5, 2015.

We wanted to know whether Santorum is correct that 90 percent of the American workers do not own their own business.

Matthew E. Bynon, a staff member at Santorum’s organization Patriot Voices, sent us a link to a policy brief, "The Causes of Racial Disparities in Business Performance," from the National Poverty Center. This 2008 article mentions in its introduction, "Roughly 1 in 10 workers owns a business," which are "13 million business owners." The report based its numbers on data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/apr/13/rick-santorum/90-american-workers-dont-own-their-own-business-ri/

[Orsino]

1. Santorum's focus is on the naughty bits of ordinary working Americans...

...and which should be allowed to touch, and when.

[onehandle]

2. Business owners need to feel covered by Santorum, if he wants their vote.

Ewwwwwwww!