Los Angeles Times September 11, 2017 E-Verify checks Social Security numbers to ensure job applicants can legally work in the U.S. By Cindy Carcamo As part of its tough stance against illegal immigration, Texas has been one of the few states requiring state agencies to use a federal system known…
Do BIG corporations pay their fair share of taxes?
A new analysis by Oxfam of the 50 largest public US companies sheds light on just how rigged the tax system has become and shows that these same companies are using considerable political influence to push for even greater rewards in the forms of loans, bailouts and other government support.…
Press Statement March 20, 2016 Contact: David Levine, 917-359-9623 Frank Knapp Jr., 803-600-6874 The NFIB does not represent all small businesses says the American Sustainable Business Council Today on Fox News Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is quoted as saying, “I can’t imagine that a Republican majority in the…
City of Columbia helps small businesses hurt by the flood the right way
Last week the City of Columbia announced that it had awarded five small businesses no-interest loans to help them recover from the flood last fall. Each of the businesses received $10,000 to help with their recovery. The loans must be repaid within two year and can be used for any…
5 Ways Government Policies Help Business Innovation
Sorry I have been AWOL this week with this blog. Monday and Tuesday were consumed with preparing for the visit of the SBA National Ombudsman, Brian Castro. In January I was appointed to the U.S Small Business Administration’s Region IV Regulatory Fairness Board by SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet. This Board…
Forum offers answers for small business questions
The State April 21, 2015 By RODDIE BURRIS You hear it all the time from business people who deal with the federal government: if only someone could help cut the red tape. Small business owners who sign up in advance will be able to take their concerns directly to the…
Many of America’s Most Profitable Corporations Pay Little or No Federal Income Taxes; Multinationals Pay Higher Rates Abroad Than in the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – A comprehensive, five-year study of 288 profitable Fortune 500 companies finds that 26 paid no federal corporate income tax over the five-year period; 111 paid no federal corporate income tax in at least one of the last five years, and one-third paid a U.S. tax rate less than 10…
“Giant sucking sound” is back
Ross Perot coined the phrase “giant sucking sound” in the Presidential debates of 1998. He was talking about the jobs he predicted (correctly) that would leave the United States in the search for cheaper labor if we passed NAFTA. Today’s giant sucking sound is the $25 billion not going into…
Senate filibuster, Boehner and pics
Here are some reflections on two significant events in Washington last week concerning Senate productivity and Obamacare. The Senate voted to return some degree of democracy to that chamber. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid allowed a simple majority of the Senate to approve allowing Presidential nominations (other than for the…
Impacts and Costs of the Government Shutdown
I talked with a federal employee yesterday about the recent government shut down. She said that it was stressful until Congress voted to pay the furloughed employees even if they weren’t working. Then it became a matter of tedious waiting to go back to work. So what was the cost…