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A misleading ‘Obamacare’ poll, courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce and Harris Interactive

U.S. Chamber and Harris Interactive teamed up to lie to public about Obamacare in a recent survey.  Read the story from The Washington Post below that exposes the fraud. Here are the important points. –The survey was not a traditional random survey of businesses.  Instead it was an opt in of 499 U.S. Chamber members […]

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The G8 nations and small businesses have something in common

The split in business opinion (see story below) on whether the economic world powers represented at the G8 summit should crack down on offshore tax havens that deprive nations of corporate tax revenue is easily understood.  Organizations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which represents multinational corporations, want to protect their big dues paying members

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The corporate ‘predator state’

In the interest of full disclosure, I serve as the vice chair of the American Sustainable Business Council Action Fund. If you would like to read The Nation story by William Greider in which I am interviewed, click here. Appologies to all my “tree-hugger” friends. ——————————————————————————————————————— The Washington Post March 26, 2013 By Katrina vanden

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Small biz group outed

The political season is in full bloom and partisan ads are everywhere.  But here is a unique one.  Read the script of this radio commercial and guess which organization produced it. The start of a new year can bring a sense of a fresh start, a new beginning.But America’s small-business owners aren’t looking at January

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Good news to end 2011

As we end 2011, here are two good pieces of news for small business. First, I actually have something good to say about the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).  I haven’t been very charitable to the organization over the years because they always seem to side with the U.S. Chamber on issues.  The NFIB’s complaints

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Millionaire challenge

Tuesday I challenged any real business owner making over $1 million a year to contact me to discuss the proposed millionaire surtax to pay for the President’s American Jobs Act.   (A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows about 64% public approval for both the surtax and jobs plan).  The U.S. Chamber, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

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