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Nov 23, 2008 10:35 pm US/Central

Small Business Owners Feel Left Out By Government

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Show us your plan and we'll show you the money.

That's the message from lawmakers to auto leaders pushing for a $25 billion federal bailout.

But some small businesses in North Texas think it's a bad idea.

"We are not going to get any bailout plan," says Josh Ray owner of WineStyles along Camp Bowie in Fort Worth.

First it was banks and the insurance companies. Now auto makers are pushing for the bailout.

"It's just going to be rolling up the sleeves and working long hours and then just crossing your fingers and hoping people come through the door."

Ray says since June WineStyles sales has dropped 30%.

"This is a specialty shop it's things you can't get at the market," says Ray.

Ray is hoping to make up the losses during the holidays.

"It's been very slow," says Rodney Prater with AtPromo in Fort Worth.

AtPromo is known for their silkscreening and embroidery.

The owner says he's getting ready to lay off some employees.

"As much as it's going to pain us because we have had some really strong employee's people that are family members but we are going to be letting some people go we are brace ourselves for 2009 and on," says Prater.

The company has been around for 8 years.

"We are getting the short end of the stick, " Prater thinks it's time for the government to let the corporations fail.

He thinks ultimately the only way to survive during these tough economic times is by working together.

"We have to look out for each other since no one else is looking out for us," says Prater.

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