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Published November 2, 2012 Charlotte Business Journal By Frank Knapp Jr. As someone who advocates for thousands of small businesses, I know they want fact, not spin. Unfortunately too often we hear inaccuracies and misinformation about how government policies affect small businesses. Ending the Bush-era tax cuts for the richest 2 percent of Americans is […]

Published on November 2, 2012 By Brendan Kearney, Charleston Post and Courier When Michael Burkhold Jr. heard last week that a hack into the South Carolina Department of Revenue had exposed him to potential identity theft, he registered for the state-sponsored Experian ProtectMyID service. When news broke this week that not only individual but also

Published on October 31, 2012  By EVA MOORE, Free Times South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. is asking state regulators for permission to raise rates. But auditors with the state Office of Regulatory Staff found some eye-raising expenses in documents provided by SCE&G to show that the rate increase is needed. Among the expenses the

Published on October 28, 2012 Editorial in Charleston Post & Courier If SCE&G has its way, its average customer will pay $141.73 per month. That’s 42.4 percent more than customers of Duke Energy, 40.6 percent more than customers of Progress Energy and 25.8 percent more than Santee-Cooper customers. SCE&G customers should be outraged at the

Published on October 17, 2012 By Frank Knapp, Jr., President and CEO of South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce | The Hill One of the highlights of last night’s presidential debate was moderator Candy Crowley’s real-time fact-checking about when President Barrack Obama first used the word “terror” in reference to the murders in Benghazi.

Published on September 13, 2012 By Angelia Davis, The Greenville News Being an entrepreneur has helped Clint Tucker pay off his car, his wife’s car, his motorcycle and the home he lives in. Being an entrepreneur without health insurance could cause him to lose it all. Like other small business owners in today’s economy, Tucker

Published on September 6, 2012 By Julia Hawes, The Progressive Pulse CHARLOTTE — Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) looked to an unlikely source of inspiration when speaking to a crowd of business leaders at the Democratic National Convention on the importance of building sustainable businesses and communities. That source was his father — a preacher whom

Published on September 5, 2012 By Kent Hoover, Washington Bureau Chief  | The Business Journals Bonny Moellenbrock, executive director of Investors Circle, talks about how her firm’s investment strategy, while Frank Knapp, president of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce listens. The 47th floor of the Hearst Tower in Charlotte seemed like an