Wow, there are certainly a lot of things "killing" small businesses today, don't you think?

The Wall Street Journal says that tariffs are "crushing" small businesses. The Center for America Progress says the same thing. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says that tariffs are having a "real and devastating impact on thousands of small businesses across the nation." MSNBC says that tariff uncertainty is “killing” small businesses too. A mother and daughter who started up a business in Austin say that President Trump's tariffs are “killing” them. The New Republic says that Trump's tariffs are "already destroying" small businesses.

Immigration is, apparently, doing damage as well. Newsweek's immigration reporter Billal Rahman says that, rather than tariffs, it’s actually "mass deportations" that are what's killing small businesses.

"In Houston, one-third of the construction workforce are undocumented immigrants," he writes. "Deporting these workers would affect the Houston GDP by more than $50 billion over the next 10 years. The economic side effects could be significant for Texas cities that rely heavily on immigrant labor, according to business leaders."

Let's not forget healthcare. A Forbes contributor says that Obamacare is killing small business.

And that’s not all! A LinkedIn piece says its inflation that’s “killing” small business. Others think it’s

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