I’m still in Seattle so just a quick note. I met a self-proclaimed member of the 1%. I told him I had no problem with the wealthy but just wanted corporate dominance in politics and financial matters to end so that small businesses could have a fair shake. He told me that if that is what […]
I am in Seattle for a few days this week and visited Occupy Seattle on Sunday. This is my third Occupy event (Columbia and Washington DC being the other two). Below are some pics. Enjoy.  UnConflicted is the small business advocacy blog of Frank Knapp, Jr., President & CEO of the South Carolina Small Business
Yesterday the Senate failed to move forward the President’s plan to invest $35 billion in the states to help keep teachers, law enforcement personnel and firefighters from being fired due to budget shortfalls. The 60 votes were needed to keep the measure alive but all 50 of the GOP Senators voted against it. So what
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With all due respect to my friend SC Treasury Curtis Loftis who is the state chairman of the Mitt Romney campaign, the GOP Presidential candidate has the wrong business approach to the housing and foreclosure crisis. In a recent interview with the Las Vegas Review Journal, Romney said that the solution to both the housing
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For the second Sunday in a row, The State has given us first hand information regarding Governor Nikki Haley and her administration. As a result of last week’s story, I formerly requested that the Governor and her economic development team meet with the South Carolina Small Business Chamber’s Board of Directors to discuss developing an
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Here are some signs from Saturday’ Occupy Columbia event at the State House. Then there was this lonely counter demontrator. I had to ask a lot of people to tell me what the bottom left image was. Apparently it stands for anarchy. UnConflicted is the small business advocacy blog of Frank Knapp, Jr., President &
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Tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the State House in Columbia, citizens will gather in an Occupy Columbia rally. The event will go on all day if not beyond. Yesterday, Occupy Spartanburg took place.  The event inspired an NPR report that tells about the desperate job situation in Spartanburg that reflects what is happening in many
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Thank goodness South Carolina Representative James Clyburn is on the Super Committee otherwise the results of a recent poll might not get to his fellow Committee members. A just released Winthrop University poll has found that 73.2% of South Carolina Republican or Republican-leaning voters receiving Social Security or Medicare do not want those benefits cut to
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Of all the upcoming GOP Presidential debates, the most important will be the one today in Columbia, SC. The national media isn’t even mentioning this 6-candidate event both mainly because it is not really a traditional debate. But the difference is what makes it more important. Each candidate—Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachman, Ron Paul,
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Please call South Carolina Congressmen Jeff Duncan, Tim Scott and Mick Mulvaney and tell them that God did not tell them to oppose Speaker Boehner’s deficit reduction plan, Senator Reid’s plan or anything dealing with the fiscal integrity of our country. These gentlemen need to quit hiding behind God for their partisan decisions. I am
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