# Tea Party congressman only has 400k leftover!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-congressman-only-has-400k-leftover/596826>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 19, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-congressman-only-has-400k-leftover/596826 "2011-09-19T14:18:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-congressman-only-has-400k-leftover/596826/241 "2011-09-22T00:28:01Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> You’re using your “perception” of a word’s meaning to criticize someone, but your “perception” is wrong. The guy runs an operation that easily fits the standard definition of “small business”.

My side comments about my perception of the phrase “small business” have nothing to do with the criticisms contained in my comments, in exactly the same way that my perception of my employer as “not a small business” has not in the least hampered my contributions to our SBIR/STTR proposals.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-congressman-only-has-400k-leftover/596826/242 "2011-09-22T04:22:21Z")

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The guy owns among other things, 33 Subway restaurants. One is maybe small business. I doubt 33 is. He is big time owner.

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**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-congressman-only-has-400k-leftover/596826/243 "2011-09-22T16:49:38Z")

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John Stewart addressed this last night (with his usual wit) on _The Daily Show_:  
[The Extinction of Subway](http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-21-2011/moneybrawl---the-extinction-of-subway--bill-o-reilly---the-super-rich)

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