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
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Posted: 10/7/2008 | 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)
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.
Tags: small business, ada, amendments, congress, supreme court
Posted: 9/17/2008 | Comments (0)
American employers are in the forefront--whether they like it or not--of our nation's fitful efforts to stem the tide of illegal immigration. Many thought that by voluntarily adopting DHS's E-Verify program, they could quickly and accurately check the status of new hires and protect their company from legal trouble. As it turns out, neither of these hopes seems to have come to pass.
Tags: small business, illegal immigration, illegals, ice, congress, e-verify, neva, enforcement, identity theft
Posted: 9/10/2008 | Comments (1)
Nancy Pelosi asked some "Drill Here, Drill Now" demonstrators if she could drill their brains. It was a stupid remark but it shows either a fundamental disregard for the realities of the market, or a fundamental ignorance of them. Here are the facts, decide for yourselves.
Tags: small business, oil prices, nancy pelosi, can we drill your brains, congress, bush
Posted: 8/27/2008 | Comments (0)
Congress failed to take action, so the states have taken the lead when it comes to dealing with illegal immigration. New laws are hitting the books that make it a felony to employ an illegal and ICE is looking more and more at managers and owners.
Tags: small business, illegal immigration, illegals, ice, congress, mississippi, arizona, tennessee, oklahoma, enforcement, identity theft
Posted: 7/29/2008 | Comments (3)
Congress is entertaining a plan to take control of one of the commodity markets. True, it's a problematic one--oil--but it is still a commodity like any other. Is this something that is going to help the people, or will it just add another layer of bureaucracy and regulation and bring us a step closer to socialism? You decide.
Tags: small business, oil prices, taxes, tax reform, congress, president bush, cost of government day
Posted: 7/24/2008 | Comments (1)
Right on the heels of the good news that oil prices were going down, the U.S. Congress has come up with a way to rain on the parade: Raising the Federal Fuel Tax. Sure, we need money for roads and bridges, but there has to be a better way than that, isn't there?
Tags: gas tax, fuel prices, congress, president bust, small business, transportation, truckers
Posted: 7/21/2008 | Comments (2)
Consider the way our government behaves and you have to ask yourself if you are truly getting a good return on all the money, time and energy you lavish upon the federal, state and local governments that are becoming increasingly involved in our lives. Today is a great day to ask that since it is Cost of Government Day. I have offered my answer, see if you agree!
Posted: 7/16/2008 | Comments (0)
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