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  • Politico: Credit crisis for small business?
    Oct 12, 2010  - By John Maggs; Politico Is there really a small-business credit crunch? To hear President Barack Obama tell it, one of the most lasting effects of the financial crisis is the trouble that small businesses are facing in getting loans to expand. While the credit crisis has eased for Big Busines... More
  • Wall Street Journal: Small Businesses Held Back by 'Vicious Cycle'
    Oct 8, 2010  - By Emily Maltby; Wall Street Journal Small businesses, known for jump-starting economies, aren't upholding their reputation. During past recessions, small firms have been the forerunners in hiring and growth, and the harbingers of recovery. But this time, they are holding back, seemingly more th... More
  • The Hill: Graves and Snowe Demand Answers on 1099 rule
    Oct 6, 2010  - By Jay Heflin; The Hill Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the Small Business Committee's ranking member, on Wednesday expressed outrage over the Small Business Administration (SBA) failing to submit comments to the Treasury Department on the new rule beginning in 2012 that requires businesses and org... More
  • Christian Science Monitor: Rising regulatory costs strangling small business?
    Oct 6, 2010  - By Jeff Cornwall; Christian Science Monitor I give a talk to various business groups titled "The Future of Small Business in America". When I gave this talk a few years ago it had a very happy ending. I talked about the robust entrepreneurial economy and how bright the future is for young entrep... More
  • Politico: Reject tax hike for small business
    Oct 6, 2010  - By Rep. Bill Cassidy; Politico President Barack Obama again talked about small businesses last week. “Government can’t create jobs to replace the millions that we lost in the recession,” the president said at the White House, “but it can create the conditions for small businesses to hire more peo... More
  • The Hill: Graves presses IRS for answers on 1099 rule
    Oct 5, 2010  - By Jay Heflin; The Hill House Small Business Committee ranking member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) on Tuesday sent a follow-up letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Doug Shulman asking how he plans to implement the 1099 reporting rule included in the new healthcare law that requires busines... More
  • Politico: Boehner, A 'state of emergency'
    Sep 30, 2010  - By Richard Cohen; Politico House Minority Leader John Boehner today delivered scathing criticism of House operations and promised major congressional reforms if he becomes speaker following the November election. “The House finds itself in a state of emergency. The institution does not function... More
  • National Review: Small Businesses Don't Want Bailout
    Sep 28, 2010  - By Larry Kudlow; National Review President Obama is crowing about his small-business bill, signed into law on Monday. “It was critical that we cut taxes and made more loans available to entrepreneurs,” he said. Trouble is, small businesses and community banks don’t want Obama’s $30 billion progra... More
  • Wall Street Journal: The Regulation Tax Keeps Growing
    Sep 27, 2010  - By Nicole Crain and W. Mark Crain; Wall Street Journal The annual cost of federal regulations in the United States increased to more than $1.75 trillion in 2008, a 3% real increase over five years, to about 14% of U.S. national income. This cost is in addition to the federal tax burden of 21%, fo... More
  • Washington Times: Furlough the feds
    Sep 26, 2010  - By; Washington Times Editorial An 18-month recession came to an official end in June 2009, according to a study released last week by the National Bureau of Economic Research. For good reason, few in the public believe it's over. With the economy stuck in neutral and unemployment locked at 9.6 pe... More

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