As amazing as it may seem in a Washington that often seems collectively afflicted with ADHD, the Obama Administration spent the entire week last week talking about small businesses. And it’s not even Small Business Week! Evidently, when the President said his renewed focus on job creation would start with small business, he meant it. [...]
Over the whole of 2009, we have heard quite a lot about how members of Congress know that small businesses are “the engine of the economy” and “the key to economic recovery.” We have also watched while a lot of the legislative activity throughout the year did not seem to match the rhetoric. We can [...]
A new proposal that may provide an interesting new twist on a standard economic development practice, the Rural and Small Town Telework Tax Credit Act of 2009 (H.R. 3627), was introduced by freshman Congressman Thomas Periello (D-VA) late last month. The bill does pretty much just what it says in its refreshingly straightforward title. It [...]
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