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House Panel Looks for Inefficiencies at SBA

Jun 20th, 2011 | By editor | Category: Current

Happy Monday, fellow travelers.

One of the more interesting things that happens when the House and Senate are divided along partisan lines — you know, where one party holds the House and the other holds the Senate — is the way that you can have hearings on exactly the same topic in the two chambers that sound so very different.



Microbusinesses Not Interesting To Senate Panel?

Jun 6th, 2011 | By Dawn Rivers | Category: Current

Here’s a real basic concept for you: businesses need customers. When businesses have customers, then they have cash flow.

It all starts with customers. This is Business Management 101. Cash flow is king.

Which is why it’s funny to listen to lawmakers talk about access to capital as if borrowing money will return small businesses, and therefore the U.S. economy, to prosperity.