Sometimes comments from readers really ask for a response, so here we have one for a loyal reader who seems to be having a problem or two with one of my previous articles.
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Posted: 10/9/2008 | Comments (1)
The folks in Congress can't seem to keep from doing as much harm as good. New legislation to reauthorize the SBA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs has a poison pill in it that should worry any small business owner trying to compete for government contracts.
Tags: small business, congress, sba, small business innovation research, sbir, small business technology transfer, sttr
Posted: 10/8/2008 | Comments (0)
It just keeps going doesn't it? The current economic crisis seems to hang on like a cancerous chest cough--you just can't get rid of it. Here is the latest on why things are going south in the markets, who's fault this really is, a lovely vacation for some bailed-out executives and a little advice from Chuck Norris and the Founding Fathers.
Tags: small business, bailout bill, paulson, congress, frank, dodd, chuck norris, founding fathers, aig
Posted: 10/7/2008 | Comments (2)
When times are tough, you can always count on some people to just make things worse. Check out some of the most popular scams these days and learn how to protect yourself.
Tags: small business, scams, credit repair, foreclosure, free lunch seminar, work from home
Posted: 10/6/2008 | Comments (2)
OK folks, we asked for it. The Monster Wall Street Bailout has passed! The Dow rallied, then it fell, now what? More to the point, what has this mess taught us?
Tags: small business, congress, mortage crisis, paulson, bernanke, 1929
Posted: 10/3/2008 | Comments (7)
Was it constituent pressure, political games or simply that it was a bad bill that killed the bailout for Wall Street yesterday? Now that it's dead, what does it mean for your small business?
Tags: small business, bailout bill, paulson, congress, credit
Posted: 9/30/2008 | Comments (2)
In the midst of the worst financial crisis in living memory, Harry Reid, Majority Leader of the US Senate, quietly tried to derail the push for energy independence, one of the few things what will actually help our economy, by slipping a prohibition against shale oil exploration into another bill. Reid tried, he failed and we name names.
Tags: small business, energy, senate, harry reid, oil shale
Posted: 9/29/2008 | Comments (2)
It is time for the voice of small business to he heard! The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration is once again seeking nominations of federal rules in need of review and reform. This is your chance to nominate a rule that you feel needs to modified or pulled off the books entirely.
Tags: small business, regulation, sba, r3, 2009
Posted: 9/24/2008 | Comments (0)
Are you ready to spend a whopping 20% of the wealth of the United States to set things right after our government let Wall Street brats run amok with the nation's financial system? Are you willing to trust that these politicians, most of whom have their hands dirty in all of this, will do the right thing by you?
Tags: small business, bailout bill, paulson, congress
Posted: 9/23/2008 | Comments (2)
Take a look at the 1929 stock market crash and the Savings and Loan crisis in the 1980s and you will find some really eerie similarities to what we are facing today.
Posted: 9/22/2008 | Comments (0)
October First will be a seminal day in U.S. History. Either the Congress will finally admit that they are more concerned with their ideological base, or they will get out of the way, end the moratorium on offshore drilling and allow the nation to declare Energy Independence Day.
Tags: small business, oil, congress, gas prices, hr 6899
Posted: 9/19/2008 | Comments (1)
There are some amendments coming that will change the way the ADA works and how it is interpreted by the courts.
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Posted: 9/17/2008 | Comments (0)
There is a drama playing out in Greeley, Colorado. Muslim workers at the JBS Swift meat packing plant wanted their lunches on the evening shift moved from 9pm to sunset. They also wanted breaks for prayer. Swift tried to compromise, now there is a threat of legal action. It all begs the question of just how accommodating businesses really should be. Should the personal desires of the employees win out over the interests of the business? That is the real question.
Tags: small business, religion, swift, islam, assimilation
Posted: 9/12/2008 | Comments (0)
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