Two U.S. House Committees held a joint hearing yesterday on a potential executive order from the Obama Administration that will try to make sure government contracts are not being awarded because of campaign contributions. This is a seriously important issue for every small business that would like to provide goods or services to the Federal …
The Amazon.com lobbyists must be busy working the phones to our state legislators and emailing them copies of the story in Saturday’s State. “Amazon vote drives off two firms”, screams the headline. The story goes on to quote Lexington County leaders who have been at the fore front in pushing for Amazon.com to be the …
Amazon.com is scared. Scared that if it is forced to follow the laws that apply to every other small business retailer, it can’t compete. Not only here in South Carolina, but across the country. So the business plan of the company is to force states to make exceptions to tax laws. Amazon does this by …
