Small Business Against Big Government

SOPA and PIPA Explained

There has been a lot of attention given to two bills going through the US Senate  and House of Representatives. The Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) is being pushed through the House and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) is going through the Senate. Many executives at large corporations and other groups have been very outspoken […]

She Speaks for All of Us – Standing Ovation!

Government Doing What It Does Best – Waste Your Money and Make Your Life Harder

Main Street creates approximately 70 percent of all jobs, yet the White House consistently and constantly acts against Main Street’s interests, making life harder and harder for small business.  A recent Op-Ed published at associatedcontent.com highlighted this.  Some excerpts: Complexities in the code and a labyrinth of rules to obtain credits mean tax compliance costs […]

Heads Up! Prepare Yourself for the Employer Mandate Penalties in the Healthcare Law

The National Federation of Independent Businesses recently put out a primer for Small Business Owners that is worth your time so that you can start planning your risk mitigation strategies now. The businesses that face potential penalties are those with 50 or more full-timers or full-time equivalents (FTEs) as well as owners with multiple businesses […]

To be against free markets is to be against freedom, choice, prosperity, and service

People who say they don’t want free markets, or who say they want to reduce or eliminate competition, are really just people who want to eliminate the virtues of service, freedom, prosperity and choice. Competition is a by-product.  It’s not something desirable in itself – it’s just what happens when other desirable things happen. Competition […]

Yes, Big Business Is Over-Regulated, But It’s Also “Under”-Accountable and “Under”-Responsible

The BP Oil Spill prompted brilliant libertarian legal theorist Richard Epstein to remind us that the problem isn’t regulation, it’s government limits on liability (see op-ed at the Wall Street Journal).  Big Business doesn’t mind regulation, as long as it can put caps on it’s liabilities (see “Too Big to Fail” … ) A tough […]