Posts Tagged ‘ Obama Administration ’

The White House, On Its First Year

Jan 18th, 2010 | By Dawn Rivers Baker | Category: Politics & Policy

Last week, the Obama Administration took the time to wish us all a belated Happy New Year, in the form of a week-long look back at what they were doing all year last year. This sort of political self-indulgence is not uncommon, of course, although it usually emanates from Capitol Hill. On the other hand, [...]



White House Jobs Forum To Include Small Biz

Nov 16th, 2009 | By Dawn Rivers Baker | Category: Economy

The President is in Asia at the moment, doing unheard-of but very American things like holding town hall meetings in China and bringing his very own Obama-ness to the Pacific Rim. Of much more concern to us is the fact that, just before he left, he announced that he would be holding a forum on [...]



Lip Service

May 18th, 2009 | By Dawn Rivers Baker | Category: Policy Matters

It’s time to keep your word, Mr. President, and elevate SBA Administrator Mills to a position in your Cabinet.

You may not think it matters. Possibly, you think we have forgotten or don’t really care. And some of your advisers may even counsel against making small firms loom too largely in your overall economic outlook.

But Chairwoman Landrieu nailed the situation nicely when she said that there will be no recovery without small businesses. I think it’s high time you did something to indicate that you know that, Mr. President.



The Tax Gap Returns To Haunt Micros

Apr 13th, 2009 | By Dawn Rivers Baker | Category: Regulations

Barack Obama may have sailed into the White House on a rousing chorus of The Times They Are A-Changin’, but one thing that hasn’t changed a bit is that the tax gap is a headache for microbusinesses that is not going away. In fact, President Obama has been in office for less than 100 days [...]