If you think politics don’t matter to your small business you could be right or… you could be wrong.When could you be right?If you are running a crappy business….. you are right, politics don’t matter because you are not creating any value that can be a target for politicians.What’s a crappy business? It’s easy, the business owner is making less money running his/her biz than they could earn, doing the same work, employed by someone else.  Why is that a crappy business? Because they are not generating profits. Wages aren’t profits. I see people all the time who don’t understand this concept. A perfect example is a highly skilled machinist I met who owns a machine shop. His company is generating over $1,000,000 in revenue and his personal earnings are less than $50,000. He has workers in his shop who are making more than he is! He could probably make $80k working for someone else but he wants to be his own boss. And he wants it bad enough for him to keep working for a bad boss…himself!! In his case he is creating negative value (at a minimum he’s losing $30k per year in labor value!).  Back to Politics for those of you who run a good business (or at least hope to)!!If you are running a good business you better pay attention to politics and spend some money supporting those who are willing to fight for you.Politics effects EVERYTHING the business owner does day-to-day. Taxes get all the press but employment laws, environmental regulations, advertising, and many other things are the way they are because 51% of some elected body somewhere voted for it or won’t vote against it.Ok, how can you effect change? Although I’m a member of some of the usual business groups (Chamber of Commerce, NFIB, etc) I am a bigger believer in supporting actual candidates (even if they aren’t in your voting district).Start small, these folks have a way of moving up the power chain. Find a real live candidate you can support and support them!! If you help them, they can help you. Consider supporting a candidate who supports you in a tough race in another part of your state, if they win, you win.You may hate politics but if you are a business owner creating value…politics is no less important than advertising, marketing or operations.