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Small Business Loan Program Lacks Bank Support

April 7, 2009 by Jeff Cornwall with 123 views

President Obama had proposed pumping billions of dollars of debt into small businesses across the US -- what I have predicted will likely create a small business bubble. There is now some potentially good news out of Washington. It seems that the banks that would distribute these funds, with money coming from the... [read more]

And the bailout tax fun continues

March 20, 2009 by Kay Bell with 121 views

Not to get your Friday off on an irritable start, but did you know that more than $221 million in taxes is overdue from 13 of the 23 largest recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds?That's the word from the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, which held a hearing yesterday on the state of federal borrowing... [read more]

Why you'd be crazy to let the government invest in your business

March 18, 2009 by Joe Kristan with 133 views

The self-righteous feigned outrage of our congress critters over the AIG bonuses is enough to make a grown man barf. Coming from 535 men and women who waste more money every day before they brush their teeth than the AIG executives got, it's just not very convincing.These folks were so frantic to push through the bill that provided the... [read more]

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