Posts Tagged ‘ recession ’

Toe Tapping

Feb 16th, 2009 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Policy Matters

When it comes to reassuring the nation’s microbusinesses that the days of being ignored are over, this recovery package certainly didn’t get it done.

Of course, it’s still early days yet. Mr. O is only one month into his term of office, after all. He still has lots and lots of time to make good.

On the other hand, he’s not going to get an entire four years for this, either.



Stimulus Still A Non-Starter For Microbiz

Feb 9th, 2009 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Economy

President Obama’s stimulus package, or a reasonable facsimile that may or may not bear much resemblance to it in its original form, is wending its way through Congress right now. The House passed its version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act late last month. The Senate version, which is expected to be ready for [...]



Recession and Recovery: What About Micros?

Jan 5th, 2009 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Economy

Walking into a new year, you probably don’t need me to tell you that the economy seems to be a mess. The third quarter of 2008 market the initial contraction in GDP for this recession but something tells me it won’t be the last. Consumer confidence is down again and small and microbusiness owners are [...]