American Small Business League

NAACP Silent as Federal Contracts to Minority-Owned Small Businesses Drop

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Small Business Contracts, Small Business, Economy, President Obama, Federal Contracts, Jobs, Obama Administration, Asbl, Obama, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Small Business League, Minority, Naacp, Small Business News

I'm surprised that the NAACP has been silent on an issue that strikes at the heart of the organization's mission. That is, federal contracting with small businesses owned by minorities has dropped significantly in the last year.

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Congress Needs to Decide How Big a "Small" Business Is

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.25.2012

I would imagine that 99 percent of people in America would agree, that whatever Congress decides a small business is, Fortune 500 firms and multi-billion dollar investment firms should not be allowed to fit into that definition.

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Fraud, Abuse in Small Business Contracting Programs Needs to End Now

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Corruption, Lloyd Chapman, GSA Inspector General Brian Miller, General Services Administration, Federal Small Business Contracting Programs, General Accountability Office, Rep. Darrell Issa, Dan Taghlerini, Jobs, Fraud and Abuse, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Congress, Gsa, Gsa Scandal, Small Business Administration, Unemployment, Gsa Conference, American Small Business League, Federal Small Business Contracts, Inspector General Brian Miller, Gsa Las Vegas, Government Overspending, Felony Contracting Fraud, Economy, Small Business News

One of the most important problems raised by recent news of the General Services Administration's (GSA) trip to Las Vegas on the taxpayer's dime is the abuse of federal small business contracting programs.

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Do You Really Think Your Vote Counts?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Ted Stevens, Corporate America, Small Business, President Obama, America, Bailout, Corporate Taxes, American Small Business League, Bank Industry, Military-Industrial Complex, President Eisenhower, Senate, Oil Company Taxes, Government Corruption, Small Business News

Today, it doesn't really matter who the President is or who is in Congress because big corporations run our government.

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Anti-Small Business Corporate Giants Want the Small Business Administration Closed

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Veronique De Rugy, Small Business, President Obama, Fortune 500, Federal Contracts, Sba, Jobs, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Wall Street Journal, Small Business Contracts, Barack Obama, Corporations, Small Business Administration, American Small Business League, Job Creation, Job Numbers, Small Business America, Small Business News

Make no mistake -- anyone that talks about closing the SBA is anti-small business and is simply marching to the beat of the Fortune 500 firms that unfortunately have tremendous control over Congress.

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The Best Way for Congress to Help Small Businesses is to Not Close the Small Business Administration

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Small Business, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Department of Commerce, Policy, Small Business Legislation, Government Contracting, Unemployment, American Small Business League, Small Businesses, SBA Merger, Federal Spending, Jobs, David Stockman, Sba Inspector General, Fraud, Small Business Administration, Defense Industry, Federal Small Business Contracts, Sba, Peggy Gustafson, Economy, Small Business Act, Small Business America, Small Business News

Small businesses are proven to be this nation's chief engine of economic stimulus and job creation but President Obama plans to close the only federal agency that exists to help America's 28 million small businesses.

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$5 Per Gallon Gas is Coming; Where's Obama's Windfall Profits Tax on the Oil Industry?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Taxes, Exxon Mobil, Gas Prices, Small Business, Oil Industry, Lobbyists, President Obama, Oil, Obama Administration, Asbl, Obama, Lloyd Chapma, American Small Business League, Small Business News

President Obama needs to keep his 2008 campaign promise and pass a windfall profits tax on oil and gas industry. It will help keep the price of gas down, boost the economy and raise revenue to balance the budget.

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Do Apple, Bank of America, GM and Chevron Sound Like Small Businesses to You?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Fortune 500, Chevron, President Obama, Obama Administration, Bank of America, Apple, General Motors, American Small Business League, Federal Small Business Contracts, Large Companies, Federal Contracts, Economy, Small Business, Small Business Contracts, Small Business News

The most recent data from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) shows that last year the Obama administration diverted billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to some of the biggest companies in the world.

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Study: Small-Business Contracts Going to Giant Companies

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Small Business Contracts, Thewatchdog, Watchdog Blog, Regulations Blog, Regulatory Blog, American Small Business League, SEC Revolving Door, Business News

Some of the world's biggest companies are benefiting from a program meant to help America's small businesses, according to a new study. Lockheed Ma...

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Where Is Obama's Windfall Profits Tax On the Oil and Gas Industry?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Corporate Profits, Exxon Mobil, Congress, Corporate Tax, Corporations, Windfall Profits Tax, Exxon Mobil Profits, American Small Business League, Corporate Influence, change.gov, Oil Profits, Oil Companies, Politics News

The promise was displayed prominently at the top of the "economy" section of Obama's campaign website. However, the language regarding the windfall profits tax vanished in an unceremonious and abrupt manner.

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The Only Man in America that Obama Has Not Fooled Speaks Out

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Small Business, Economy, Small Business Administration, Barack, Job Growth, Sba, Jobs, Economic Growth, Obama, Lloyd Chapman, Business, American Small Business League, Stimulus, President, Politics News

If you stop listening to Obama read his speeches and start watching what he does, you realize he's anti-small business all the way.

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State of the Union: Small Businesses Can Expect More of Obama's Failed Promises

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.24.2012

President Obama is one of the most anti-small business presidents in U.S. history and his policies have devastated the middle class economy. His policies have forced millions of small businesses to close their doors and millions more people to lose their jobs.

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While We're Sitting on the Cabinet, Let's Bring Something to the Table

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Small Business, Federal Small Business Contracting Programs, Defense and Aerospace Industry, President Obama, Streamlining Government, Economy, Federal Consolidation, Merger, Jobs, Congress, Department of Commerce, Federal Small Business Programs, Karen Mills, Small Business Administration Shut-Down, Small Business Administration, Asbl, Unemployment, Federal Agencies, Presidential Cabinet, American Small Business League, Consolidation Authority Act, Sba, Cabinet Appointments, Small Business News

Within a matter of months, if Obama's proposed merger is successful, small businesses will once again be unrepresented on the president's cabinet, and even worse -- they will no longer have a federal agency to assist them.

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President Obama Succeeded in Duping the Media, Congress and the Public About His Plan to 'Streamline' Government

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Lloyd Chapman, Pentagon, Federal Small Business Contracting Programs, President Obama, Fraud, Streamlining Government, SBA Merger, Federal Spending, Economy, Jobs, Federal Agencies, Congress, Media, Public, Minority Job Creation, Karen Mills, Shrinking Government, Unemployment, American Small Business League, Federal Contracting, Proposed Merger, $3 Billion Cut, Consolidation Authority Act, Small Business Advocates, Government Budget, Minorities, Small Business News

I don't think any president in recent history has ever called a press conference to talk about cutting such a tiny portion of the federal budget. That's because President Obama is not trying to shrink government with this proposed merger of the SBA.

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President Obama's Claim About Shrinking Government is a Publicity Stunt

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Dog-and-Pony Show, Lloyd Chapman, President, Federal Small Business Contracting Programs, President Obama, Federal Infrastructure Spending, SBA Merger, Jobs, Shrinking Government, Department of Commerce, Karen Mills, Streamlining Government, Small Business Administration, Federal Spending, Unemployment, Minority-Owned Small Business, American Small Business League, Federal Contracting, Consolidation Authority Act, National Press Conference, Pentagon Budget, Federal Agency, Small Business, Economy, Small Business Act, Business News

President Obama's latest claim that he's going to shrink government by combining the Small Business Administration with the Department of Commerce is laughable.

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What Does Obama's Consolidation Plan Mean For The SBA?

The Huffington Post | Janean Chun | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Obama Plan, International Franchise Association, National Small Business Association, SBA Administrator, National Federation of Independent Business, Small Business News and Trends, SBA Consolidation, American Small Business League, Obama SBA, Obama Small Business, Karen Mills, Small Business News

Is President Obama's announcement that he plans to consolidate the Small Business Administration with five other government offices into one agency an...

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The Next President Will Be a Liar

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: President, Federal Contracting Fraud, President Obama, Pull Out of Iraq, Tyranny, Public Approval of Congress, Mitt Romney, U.S., Iraq, Thomas Jefferson, Congress, Primary, Democrats, Barack Obama, Republican, Mainstream Media, Obama Failed Campaign Promises, Unemployment, Broken Promises, Guantanamo Bay, Liberty, American Small Business League, Watchdog, Failed Campaign Promises, Candidates, Americans, Liars, Republicans, Federal Contracts, Obama Broken Promises, Economy, Small Business, Business News

Regardless of whether the next president is a Republican or Democrat, whether it's Barack Obama or Mitt Romney or any other of the Republican frontrunners, one thing is guaranteed: he will lie.

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Washington and Banks Don't Understand Small Businesses Are the Engine of Economic Growth in America

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.05.2012

Let me give you some advice I have been giving to people for a decade: quit listening to what your politicians are saying and start watching what they are doing. If you look past the propaganda you'll see that the U.S. government is anti-small business.

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Top 6 Reasons Obama's Economic Policies Failed in 2011

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Census Bureau, Small Business, Economy, Fortune 500, President Obama, Economic Policies, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, Obama, Campaign, Business, Kauffman Foundation, Contracts, Politics, Tax Cuts, Economic Stimulus, American Small Business League, Small Business America, Business News

Judging by his actions, it seems that Barack Obama is becoming one of the most anti-small business presidents in U.S. history. People need to stop listening to what he says and start watching what he does.

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Obama to Approve a Series of Anti-Small Business Policies That Will Cheat the Middle Class out of Billions

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.22.2012

The Obama administration has quietly adopted a series of anti-small business policies that will cost small businesses and minority-owned small businesses billions of dollars a month.

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Betrayed: Federal Audit Criticizes Small Business Administration for Excluding Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Fraud, Small Business, Federal Acquisitions, Unemployment, Small Business Administration, Economy, Federal Contracts, U.S. Small Business Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Sba Oig, American Small Business League, Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General, Business News

By relying on flawed statistics, the SBA rendered small businesses ineligible to receive $112 billion dollars in federal contracts last year.

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John Boehner Is a Bag of Hot Air

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: John Boehner, Siga Technologies, House Small Business Committee, Small Business Advocacy, Small Business Administration, Federal Contracting Fraud, Small Business Advocate, American Small Business League, Small Business America, Small Business, Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act, Politics News

If Speaker Boehner and the GOP wanted to go above and beyond supporting small businesses, they would urge House Small Business Committee Chair Sam Graves to campaign to stop federal small business contracting fraud by supporting H.R. 3184.

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The Government Is Trying Everything to Create Jobs Except the Only Thing That Will Work

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.30.2012

For years I've been listening to pundits and politicians talk about job creation in America and I'm constantly stunned and frustrated because no one is talking about the single most fundamental issue related to job creation in America: small businesses.

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The Super Committee Punts, and the Odds Are Stacked Against Small Business

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Lloyd Chapman, Greed, Debt, Deficit, Small Business Administration, Congress, Small Business, Corporations, Supercommittee, Jobs, Sba, American Small Business League, Campaign Finance Reform, Small Business America, Super Committee, Small Business News

What's it going to take for small businesses to finally have a voice in Washington?

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Obama Jobs Bill Ignores Basic Principle of Job Creation: Small Businesses Create All the Jobs

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 12.27.2011

The federal government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world. Small businesses need those contracts, not the tax cuts proposed in the president's jobs bill.

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