To press their case further, small businesses are banding together.

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By banding together, small businesses that would struggle to manage deliveries themselves get to reach new customers.

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These women are breaking out of this rut and banding together to learn how to invest in small businesses.

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It is also time to allow states, small businesses and other organizations to increase their purchasing power by banding together to offer health insurance at lower cost.

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