Lloyd Chapman

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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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 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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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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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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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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The One Sentence Solution To Job Creation

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Small Business, Federal Contract Fraud, Job Creation, Hank Johnson, President Obama, Sba, U.S. Small Business Administration, Congress, Lloyd Chapman, Stimulus, Representative Hank Johnson, American Small Business, Contracts, Economy, Small Business America, Small Business News

The executive order that I am suggesting would create an estimated 1.8 million net new jobs annually. It would require neither new spending nor spending cuts. It wouldn't even require new taxes.

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Could a Simple Bill Save the World Economy?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Small Business Contracts, Small Business, Small Business Administration, Hank Johnson, Sba, Jobs, Asbl, Obama, Lloyd Chapman, Federal Contracting, American Small Business League, Campaign Promises, Job Creation, World Economy, Lockheed Martin, Huffpost-Small-Business-News-and-Trends, Small Business News

If President Obama really wants to create jobs and save the world economy, he will keep his campaign promise and support and sign the Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act.

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Obama Is Not Trying to Create Jobs; He's Trying to Get Re-elected

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Taxes, Small Business, Tax Dollars, Jobs Bill, Federal Contracts, President Obama, Sba, Jobs, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, Obama, Contracts, Infrastructure Spending, Small Business Administration, Tax Cuts, Jobs Plan, American Small Business League, Job Creation, Business News

I don't think President Obama is trying to create jobs. His jobs bill is designed to get him re-elected. I think if you looked at the facts you'd agree.

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Executive Order Could Slash Jobs Deficit

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Super Congress, Congress, Small Business, Mccaskill, Executive Order, Federal Contracts, President Obama, Jobs, Budget Deficit, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, Jobs Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Unemployment, General Electric, Small Business Administration, American Small Business League, Political Chicken, Business News

Congress' focus is in the wrong place. The biggest challenge the U.S. faces right now is the jobs deficit, not the budget deficit. Unemployment rates determine a healthy and functioning economy, and those rates are reaching new heights.

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Senate Probes Small Business Administration on Billions in Fraud and Abuse

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.25.2011

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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