Archive for the 'Government' Category

Just before leaving town, politicians passed these tax breaks!
Maybe you’ll get some year end good news! The bad news? Tax forms were printed wrong and your tax software might not have these udpates!
1. Sales Tax Deduction for states without Income Tax
2. Special deductions for qualified educators at primary and secondary schools (teachers, counselors, principals)
3. Health […]

I wrote about getting federal work contracts the other day.
Here I want to tell you about a free webinar put on by the U.S. government about obtaining government grants. I’ve become increasingly skeptical of the books and ebooks sold on this topic because of the difficulty of getting these grants due to their many restrictions.
If […]

Adam Smith wrote the seminal economics work The Wealth of Nations in 1776. One of his pithier truths is this line: There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.
He also wrote an article on Four Principles of Good Taxation that is short […]

Members of the Screen Actors Guild are insured by Cigna… the company has actually proposed charging them $44,000 per year for health insurance USA Today reports.

Under the new rates, the most expensive plan in California will cost a family $3,685 a month, $44,220 a year. Less-expensive HMO plans will cost families $24,624. In New Jersey, […]

If you’re marketing locally, perhaps knowing the history of your community can give you a fresh approach to set your business apart.
Perhaps that would mean finding a distinctive name for your business that promotes curiosity, let’s you tell some of the community’s past and opens the door you to tell more about you and your […]

What’s the fastest way to reduce highway gridlock during rush hour?
What cuts down on highway maintenance costs?
What reduces the demand for gasoline?
What reduces accidents and may save lives and reduce the cost to the public for police and ambulance services?
Have people work at home.
According to the Virginian-Pilot these are the goals of Virginia’s new Telework VA […]

I’ve been scanning the news for talk about what’s going to happen to businesses now that there’s been a shake up in Washington.
The more I look at the news, the “freshman class” of new legislators is largely conservative. Let me call them “Red Dogs”. Whatever the party they had to run as fiscally and socially […]

So now that the election is over, what does it mean to entrepreneurs?
Good question, it looks like we’ll have Democrat control of the Senate and House of Representatives and a Republican President. In the background, apparently, 7 out of 8 of the “defense of marriage” state amendments passed as well. The Democrats I heard out […]

The National Federation of Independent Business (nfib.com) is organizing small businesses to meet lawmakers and tell their stories so that the politicians will not enact business unfriendly regulation.
To that end, they offer a free Grassroots Activism Manual
Don’t like the returns this election day and what they portend for your business?
Download this manual!

Why do politicians TAX us April 15th and beg for our vote in November?
So there’s time to forget!
Here a writer in the National Review suggests making our taxes due the same day we vote.
This isn’t a new idea, I first heard it promoted by Gary North but maybe this time it will catch on since […]