Small Louisiana town still feels the effects of the spill

The Gulf Today: Economic hardships along the coast

The Gulf today: Debt, stress and lost dreams for business owners

The Corporate ‘Predator State’ | Common Dreams

The Corporate ‘Predator State’ | Common Dreams
"Multinational executives have just launched the “LIFT America” Coalition to push for a territorial tax system that would exempt from U.S. taxes all profits reported abroad. ASBC and its allies could rally small businesses to demand closing down overseas tax havens and imposing a minimum tax on profits sitting abroad, so that they didn’t face a higher tax burden that their global competitors.

In today’s Washington, powerful corporate interests stymie progress on areas vital to our future. Can a right/left, small-business/worker odd bedfellows alliance emerge to counter the predatory interests? We can only hope so."

Fox' McDowell on Wal-Mart Shutting Down Small Businesses: 'Ma And Pa Need To Get Over It'

Fox' McDowell on Wal-Mart Shutting Down Small Businesses: 'Ma And Pa Need To Get Over It'
"So much for all of that rhetoric about small businesses being the engine of our economy and job growth."

Another Study Confirms That Taxes And Regulations Aren’t Holding Back Job Creation

Another Study Confirms That Taxes And Regulations Aren’t Holding Back Job Creation: A favorite GOP talking point is that a slew of regulation and taxes are preventing employers from creating jobs, which explains the stubbornly high unemployment rate. “By pursuing a steady repeal of job-destroying regulations, we can help lift the cloud of uncertainty hanging over small and large employers alike, empowering them to hire more workers,” [...]/p

STUDY: Health Care Reform Helps Small Businesses

STUDY: Health Care Reform Helps Small Businesses: Economic researchers on a recent Georgetown University panel all agreed that Massachusetts’ small business owners were actually bolstered by health care reform, as the number of small businesses offering health care to their employees increased from 70 percent to 77 percent in the time since Romney enacted the reform in 2006. Linda Blumberg, an economist and senior fellow at the Urban Institute, said her organization’s research confirmed that small business owners are not struggling to afford the insurance plans that the health reform law requires them to provide for their employees