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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

Read More: LA Times, Lloyd Chapman, Inspector General, Banks Small Business Lending, Federal Contracting Fraud, Fraud, Banks, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Contract, Obama, Congress, Small Business Lending, Bank of America, Small Business Administration, Unemployment, Bailout, American Small Business League, Bofa, Tarp, Economy, Small Business, Small Business America, Small Business News
Lloyd Chapman

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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Want Dinner? Sign The Two-Page Contract First

Posted 10.15.2011

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Eating dinner at high-end restaurants these days is getting more and more complicated -- first Grant Achatz's Next restaurant decided to forego reserv...

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Sam Stein

Progressive Groups Unveil 'Contract For The American Dream'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In the wake of the deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling, widely viewed as yet another setback for the progressive community, advocacy...

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Senate Probes Small Business Administration on Billions in Fraud and Abuse

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Abuse, Contracting Oversight, Homeland Security, Federal Contracts, Asbl, Fraud, Contract, American Small Business League, Small Business America, Inspector General, Small Business, Mccaskill, Sba, Obama, Lloyd Chapman, Peg Gustafson, Small Business Administration, Senate, Joseph Jordan, Procurement, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

In 2008, President Obama recognized the magnitude of the issue stating, "It is time to end the diversion of small business contracts to corporate giants."

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Read Contracts Carefully

Jason Alderman | Posted 05.30.2011

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Jason Alderman

You wouldn't be asked to sign a document or form -- or click "yes" on a website -- unless somebody thought it was important, so shouldn't you think so as well?

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A Plea to the Courts: Stop the Quiet Death of a Critical Consumer Protection

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lisa Gilbert

The right of consumers to band together to take action against corporate rip-offs is something that is enshrined in case law, enforced by the state co...

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LeBron James Missed Major Opportunity

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Green

In this monumental circumstance, in which Maverick and LeBron caused the sports world to stop spinning and hold its collective breath, I believe a mistake was made. A big one.

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Lebron James Decision: Worship, wealth, and whores.

Ed Berliner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ed Berliner

On the day before all life in the sports universe as we know it stopped and lined up for their ticket to "Lebron Land", I read and listened to comment...

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Stanislaus University Palin Contract Stolen, Says School President

AP | ROBIN HINDERY | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California university president said Wednesday a portion of a contract between a school foundation and Sarah Palin for an...

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Contractors Overseeing Contractors

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Isenberg

The fact that the government relies in a big way on private contractors to help manage contracts is startling.

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Rod Kurtz

Ask Rod, Episode 4: How Do I Set Up A Partnership?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rod Kurtz | Posted 11.29.2011

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Executive Editor Rod Kurtz offers tips on structuring a partnership, getting started on Twitter, and more....

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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