The November 2010 midterm election was an historic event that enabled Republicans to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives and gain seats in the Senate, eroding Democrats’ powers of cloture. Now the geographic membership area of the Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA) has three new business-friendly Republican legislators where tax-and-spend Democrats were once in charge. One new freshman is Senator Pat Toomey, who is Pennsylvania’s first pro-business Senator since former Senator Rick Santorum....

Association President Ralph Pontillo explains how the U.S. government has failed capitalism — the true building block of economic growth.