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Mick Pattinson is the president of Barratt American, a San Diego homebuilding company, and the former president of the California Building Industry Association. His writing has been published in hundreds of newspapers and magazines across the country. He is also an occasional guest on national cable TV news shows, talking about housing and small business.

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Small Business Shut Out of Government Contracts -- and How That Is Changing

Posted February 21, 2012 | 02/21/12 07:50 PM ET

No one gets more love than small business. Just turn on any news channel big or small, liberal or conservative, and within a few minutes some politico is telling us how much government is doing to help small business.

Everything except actually hire one: Most small contractors have never received...

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