capitol hill and tax reform we've talked about corporate tax rates repatriation taxes and income taxes blotz talk about small business owners the female ones check this out when it comes to women there's just in the workforce around seventy four percent but that's down from seventy seven percent not too long ago what about those helping to run the labor market for more on this i'm joined by patricia lucas senior fellow and political analyst at the independent women's forum big topic especially with tax reform on capitol hill right now growth of female minority owned businesses is one of the remarkable trends over the past decade you've pointed out that it's had more than one hundred percent increase. what do you think is the reason for this what push this was it an ending of stigma was it tax breaks a societal acceptance of this social. economic i think a couple of things number one coming out of the recession i think a lot of black women and women of color couldn't find opportunities at the same level so they were put out of work they had to continue to feed their families and they created