Small Business is now the “Most Trusted Institute” in America
If America is to return to greatness, it will be on the backs of its small businesses. Not just because we’re the most important job creators in the country, but because we’re also the most trusted group in America. Be proud, small-business owners! You’re now the most trusted group in America. Listen up, federal government! […]
Continue reading...Big Business and Big Government are Symbiotic
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Big Business always gets bigger when Big Government grows – because Big Government needs Big Business. Big Business also loves Big Government – its over-regulation kills off smaller competitors. They are symbiotic. The “health” of one ensures the “health” of the other. Tim Carney’s book Obamanomics does a great job spelling out how and why. […]
Continue reading...What ObamaCare Means for Small Businesses
Thursday, March 25, 2010
It’s important to look past the minutiae of the bill, and straight to the overall economics of the thing. Let’s look past what it means for healthcare and straight to what it means for the economics of a small firm. 1. ObamaCare means a harder economic climate for Small Businesses At core ObamaCare is a […]
Continue reading...Cash for Clunkers update – predicted failure now *fully* confirmed even more than previously
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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Not to toot our own horn, but, toot toot. Graph from the American Thinker, Care Sales ($millions) Reported by Dealers.: Cost to taxpayers for each extra car sold because of Cash for Clunkers: $20,000 Number of clunkers turned in (and taken out of the market): 677,081 Price increase for used cars since CfC: 13.7% Change […]
Continue reading...Cry your tears if you must, then sharpen your knives – the battle over healthcare is not close to over
Sunday, March 21, 2010
This post will be short, but we wanted to get something up tonight. It’s been a disappointing day, but while some are despairing we are not. The odds of overcoming a super-majority in the senate, a massive majority in the house, and a president elected by a large margin were always very steep. But the […]
Continue reading...“Senate Health Bill Would Up Costs for Millions in Middle Class”
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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A non-partisan study finds that ObamaCare will raise taxes on the middle class, a direct violation of his campaign promise not to raise taxes on anyone making less that $250,000 per year. The Senate health care bill crucial to saving President Obama’s signature domestic initiative will hit the wallets of a quarter of all Americans […]
Continue reading...Obama Administration’s attacks on small businesses and part-time workers continues
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The AP reported this week that: [A] new provision in the health care bill will require businesses to count part-time workers when calculating penalties for failing to provide coverage. As we warned in in October of last year measures such as these hurt small businesses and part-time workers (particularly students, working mothers, and people who […]
Continue reading...President Obama – Really bad at math or shameless deceiver? (Probably both)
Friday, March 5, 2010
At his recent health care press conference President Obama told some real whoppers. Among others, he said that his proposal “would bring down the cost of health care for millions—families, businesses and the federal government” and then added that it was “fully paid for.” And not only that, but it would bring down the deficit […]
Continue reading...We’ve Got to Ensure that the Senate and House Health Bill Reconciliation is Open, Public, Transparent and Televised
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
We’ve worked hard to slow down the passage of the Health Economy Takeover, and we must do more. (Scroll down for the URGENT ACTION ITEMS.) US News & World Report is reporting that Democratic Leaders are planning secret health reform deliberations. Despite their claims to the contrary, the way that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and […]
Continue reading...Ben(edict Arnold) Nelson: “The art of the sellout: the secret is to pretend you tried.”
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Judas got 30 pieces of silver. Esau got a mess of pottage. Benedict Arnold offered to sell out his countrymen for cash. And now joining the long line of the imbecile pansy squishes is Big Ben Nelson. And for what did he sell his soul? Medicaid subsidies for Nebraska … all paid for by the […]
Continue reading...The Six-Step Recipe for Cooking Big Government
Monday, December 7, 2009
Michael Cloud, in his wonderful book Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion, teaches a “Six-Step Recipe for Cooking Big Government.” The six steps are a pattern to follow when talking with others about a proposed Big Government program. The steps are predicated on helping others who naively support Big Government programs see that these Big Government programs […]
Continue reading...Hysterical Video – UPS vs. FEDEX: Ultimate Whiteboard Remix by Nick Gillespie
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
If you missed our article about the UPS vs FedEx battle going on in Congress (or even if you read it but need a laugh), watch this humorous video starring Nick Gillespie of Reason. It will get you up to speed.
Continue reading...New Law Proposed to Require Companies to Pay Employees for Sick Leave
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
U.S. employers who tell workers to stay home when they are sick will have to give them paid time off for up to five days. This creates perverse incentives.
Continue reading...One in Five House Democrats Voted Against PelosiCare
Monday, November 9, 2009
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I don’t see the MSM talking about it, but this was clearly the most important takeaway from the PelosiCare vote. Not only was it not bi-partisan, it wasn’t even close to unanimous within the Democratic Party. Divisive. Toxic. Political Suicide. Nearly 20% of House Democrats refused to stand with Pelosi and Obama. Or did Pelosi […]
Continue reading...A Must-Read Email from an SBABG Member (Re: Health Care)
Friday, November 6, 2009
We got this fantastic email today from an SBABG member. Please follow this member’s lead. You can still make a big difference in the health care debate and influence your congressional representative to vote against PelosiCare. We’ve bolded a few items in the email that we think this member did very well – we particularly […]
Continue reading...Make Pelosi the Face of Big Government, then Tie Her Around the Necks of All Big Government Politicians and Candidates
Thursday, November 5, 2009
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Nancy Pelosi is toxic and anyone politically tied to her will be hurt by their association in the next round of elections. Look at this recent chart in the Wall Street Journal. Only 27% of Americans feel positively about Nancy Pelosi. That’s pretty remarkable considering that means that only half of Obama voters like her. […]
Continue reading...Americans finally waking up from one-night stand with smooth talker
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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Americans are waking up from one-night stand with smooth talking Obama; find that the guy they brought home looked better in the dark, when they were drunk on hope and change. 45% for Obama, 49% Against – If Election Were Held Right Now: A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 45% of adults […]
Continue reading...They can force us to pay for health care, and fine us if we don’t, but they can’t prevent us from firing workers or lowering wages
Friday, October 30, 2009
We’ve been having a lot of conversations with Small Business owners about how they will change their businesses if Congress passes their monstrous, prosperity-killing Health Care Bill. We are also small business owners and employees ourselves, and what is emerging from these conversations frightens us and should frighten all American workers. The consensus? “They can […]
Continue reading...UPS’s Union-Backed War on Federal Express is a Danger to Small Businesses
Thursday, October 29, 2009
If you’re a long time reader, you know that we often cite the United States Post Office’s war on USPS and UPS to highlight how Big Government is antithetical to free markets and prosperity. But recently, UPS has declared war on FedEx, in the form of Union-Driven rent seeking and the outcome of the war […]
Continue reading...On snitching and incentives; How Obama’s cronies in Chicago encourage bad behavior
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Just saw this news story today. Obama’s cronies in Chicago to Pay for Informing on Tax Cheats You dirty rat. Chicago and Cook County residents aren’t the only ones about to get shocking tax news; the city is debuting a “tax whistle-blower” plan that could turn neighbor against neighbor in Chicago’s business community. The folks […]
Continue reading...A Century of Sickness: The Abominations of 1913 and How the 10th Amendment Movement Can Beat Back Leviathan
Monday, October 12, 2009
Many of the problems we have with the Federal Government today can be traced back to a critical year. That year was 1913, the year in which the 16th and 17th Amendments were ratified and the Federal Reserve Act was passed, which set up the Federal Reserve Bank. Of course, the seeds of the Statist […]
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