July 23rd, 2008
Fannie Mae, the nickname of the Federal National Mortgage Association,and Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, are in trouble because of the subprime mortgage crisis. Last week the Federal Reserve announced that it would loan these entities money, if necessary. The press release explained their action:
This authorization is intended to supplement the Treasury’s […]
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July 13th, 2008
Henry Ford published this purpose statement in 1907:
“I will build a motor car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest […]
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July 6th, 2008
Under Barak Obama’s self-described tax plan, the “rich” would pay more taxes. And he says that $250,000 a year in income is rich.
Let’s say you are a baby boomer with a small business - not a C-corp. If your business is an S-Corp, an LLC, or a sole proprietorship, your business income is […]
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June 9th, 2008
It is always interesting and enlightening to see what the foreign press has to say about what’s happening in the U.S., without the filter of the U.S. media. Too often, all we see/hear is what the U.S. press wants us to see/hear. In this essay on what would happen if Obama and […]
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June 6th, 2008
I have another “gig” for About.com as a Guide for U.S. Small Business Law and Taxes. I recently wrote about the candidates’ business plans. (You can see what I wrote about Hillary Clinton’s opinions on business taxes, if you’re interested.)
Here is the information on Barak Obama and business taxes.
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March 14th, 2008
Miki Saxon over at Leadership Turn has a great series on the current situation in U.S. healthcare, with several posts on “U.S. healthcare leadership - an oxymoron.”
Since we Baby Boomers certainly have a vested interest in this subject, get over to Miki’s site and let her know what you think.
I’m still in the process of […]
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February 18th, 2008
In other words, do all Baby Boomers tend to vote for Baby Boomers?
There seems to be a clear generational component in the current Presidential elections this year. We have a range from John McCain in his 70s to Barak Obama in his 40s, with Hillary Clinton in between at 60. In this post […]
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February 13th, 2008
I live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where we will have a Presidential primary next Tuesday. Outside of the record amount of snow on the ground, I feel positive about the entire primary process to date.
The really good news is that we are not being bombarded by political ads, though pollsters as all over us. McCain has it […]
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January 14th, 2008
Although I don’t usually comment on politics in this blog, I’m always interested in what’s going on in the political world. Chris Erb (from Doing Biz Abroad) and I have been asked to comment on the most influential politician in the world today. The person we thought was most interesting is certainly […]
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January 6th, 2008
It’s the season to make political comments, because the national debate over who will be the next president of the United
States does matter to us personally as small business people.
I’m not particularly a Mike Huckabee fan, but he did hit on something when he commented that people were looking to vote for someone like their […]
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