Sep

29

I just can’t help myself

September 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment

My name is Dawn B., and I’m a politicsaholic.
You know, I had promised myself that I was going to spend more time on this page on the small business blogosphere, posting about the stuff that small businesses seem to be writing about. But the politics just keep on happening and, if you know anything about […]

Sep

28

Supreme tax incentives question

September 28, 2005 | Comments Off

Here’s one for today’s bizarre-ness files.
The New York Times reports that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case in which a federal appeals court has found business tax incentives to be unconstitutional under the so-called Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
Possibly, your response to that will be similar to mine: WTF???
It appears that […]

Sep

27

Say anything, huh?

September 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment

It seems that there is something of an ideological battle going on within the GOP on Capitol Hill.
There’s the big spenders versus the real conservatives.
As the Washington Post put it this morning, “Squeezed between a conservative clamor for spending cuts and the rising cost of hurricane relief, Republican congressional leaders will respond this week with […]

Sep

26

Handwriting on the wall

September 26, 2005 | Comments Off

Gallup released some interesting poll numbers today, which suggest that maybe I’m not being so alarmist after all.
September readings of investor and consumer sentiment are starting to come in and, as might have been expected, they’ve plunged. Not only that but evidently even the investors are saying that high fuel costs are causing them financial […]

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