Apr

30

Micro-Friendly Lending Bill Clears House

April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

We’re ending April on a spastic note: House Democrats brought one of those lending bills to the floor and found lots of support from their colleagues across the aisle but the Bush Administration is already complaining about the measure; new research from Advocacy finds that households owning a single small business don’t improve their financial […]

Apr

26

Differing perspectives on the economy

April 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Wow.
For a fascinating look at two very distinct ways of looking at the U.S. economy, take a look at this.
Pay particular attention to the comments.
You have a few people coming in parroting all the numbers that “prove” that the economy is doing very, very well.
Then you have a series of people who say, rightly, that […]

Apr

25

Hey! Pay attention to us!

April 25, 2007 | 1 Comment

According to Gallup, a sizable majority of Americans (68%) believe the federal government pays too little attention to small business owners.
That puts us in the middle of a rather interesting group of folks being ignored by the government when we should be, a group that includes veterans (81%), the poor (77%) and senior citizens (66%).
At […]

Apr

24

Who gets to milk the politics of the AMT for ’08?

April 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In a rare moment of politicians being as good as their word, the Washington Post reported yesterday that House Democrats are in the process of crafting a permanent fix for the Alternative Minimum Tax.
The gist of it is to return the AMT to its original purpose: keeping “super-rich” households from using loopholes and tax shelters […]

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