Jun

30

Same old, tired hooey on estate taxes

June 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Estate tax repeal is still on the table, prompting me to repeat something I’ve been writing for years: this is not a small business issue. Why not? Because, with 90% of small businesses being microbusinesses and with something like only 400,000 small businesses (out of 24 million) being subject to the estate tax, it is […]

Jun

29

Mr. and Mrs. Dole

June 29, 2005 | Comments Off

Today’s quote of the day, from the Congressional Quarterly Mid-day Update:
“I note the absence of the senator from North Carolina.” — former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., referring to his wife, Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., as he testified at a Senate Armed Services hearing today.
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Jun

28

Fax rule fix heads to the President’s desk

June 28, 2005 | Comments Off

That do-not-fax rule that the FCC was set to deploy, no matter how many hissy fits the folks at Advocacy threw about how burdensome such regulations were going to be to small businesses, is now history.

Jun

28

For veterans pondering startup

June 28, 2005 | Comments Off

The SBA announced last week that there are three new Veterans’ Business Outreach Centers, to help veterans who are considering starting a new business. With the launch of these three, there are four of them altogether:
The Research Foundation of the State University of New York
41 State Street
Albany, NY 12246
District Office: New York - Syracuse District […]

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