Middle Class

Senate Republicans: Please Help

Sally Kohn | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Republicans, President Obama, Manhattan, Welfare, Community Reinvestment Act, Poverty, Obama Stimulus, US Poverty, Economy, Middle Class, Economic Crisis, Democrats, Hardships, Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Wall Street, Homelessness, Stimulus Package, Homeless, Economic Stimulus, Alan Greenspan, Republican Party, Health Problems, Politics News
Sally Kohn

While conservatives would have us think that the crisis we're in is a fluke, the reality is that we have all been standing on the curb of opportunity for far too long as prosperity passed us by.

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Obama Dropped Small Business Stimulus Plan Days Before the Election

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Fortune 1000, Small Business, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Fortune 500, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Procurement, American Small Business League, Chapman, Karen Mills, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Just days before the election, Obama dropped a comprehensive plan to stimulate the middle class economy by stopping the diversion of federal small business contracts to corporate giants.

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Bush May have Cheated Small Businesses Out of a Trillion Dollars in Contracts

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Bush Administration, Barack Obama, Economy, Small Business Administration, Middle Class, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, George Bush, President Bush, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

There is no way to know exactly how many billions of dollars George W. Bush cheated American small businesses out of during his eight years in office....

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No Policies From Obama To Stop Diversion of Federal Small Business Contracts

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Fortune 1000, Small Business, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Fortune 500, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Procurement, American Small Business League, Chapman, Karen Mills, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Obama has ignored pleas from small business groups to adopt legislation and policies to stop Fortune 500 firms from commandeering up to $100 billion a year in federal small business contracts.

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Bush Administration Policy Cost Small Businesses Over a Trillion Dollars in Federal Contracts

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Biden, Bush Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Small Business, Abuse, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Asbl, Loopholes, American Small Business League, President, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

To date, President Obama has not proposed a single policy to stop the flow of federal small business contracts to corporate giants.

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Lloyd Chapman: Obama's Broken Promise to Small Businesses

Chris Gunn | Posted 02.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Biden, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Abuse, Inauguration, Economy, Fortune 500, Middle Class, American Small Business League, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business News
Chris Gunn

The Exception Magazine published the following story this morning. On February 22, 2008, Barack Obama released the following statement: "It is time ...

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Obama Stimulus Plan Breaks Campaign Promise to Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Fortune 500, Small Business, Abuse, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, American Small Business League, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Fraud, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Obama has failed to include any provision in his economic stimulus plan to stop the diversion of billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms.

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The Fierce Urgency of Now

Gerald McEntee | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afscme, Health Care, Inauguration Day, Economic Crisis, Economy, State Fiscal Crisis, Middle Class, Martin Luther King Jr., Working Families, Barack Obama, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama Inauguration, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

Obama will need our help to repair the damage that has been done during the past eight years. He will need our hearts, our minds and our spirit.

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From Nightmares to Dreams Come True

Michael DeJong | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Hope and Change, The Grapes of Wrath, Pakistan, Deficits, Pursuit of Happiness, Blood Diamonds, Early to Bed..., Iraq, An Inconvenient Truth, Iran, Infrastructure, Starvation, Unemployment, Jr, American Dream, Fiscal Mismanagement, Homeless, Katrina, Bling-Bling, Green-Collar Jobs, Health Care, Real Housewives of Orange County, Safety Nets, Haves and Have Nots, Civil Rights Laws, The Great Gatsby, Home Foreclosures, Martin Luther King, Middle-Class, Incoming Administration, City Upon a Hill, Genocide, Deregulation, Mac Mansions, Sluggish Wages, Afghanistan, North Korea, Post-Bush-Alyptic, Living News
Michael DeJong

Long gone is the unique American social phenomenon that each new generation will "do better" than the last. Things are starting to feel more like "The Grapes of Wrath" than "The Great Gatsby."

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Pelosi-Backed Loophole For Venture Capitalists Will Damage Middle Class Economy

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Fortune 500, Small Business, Abuse, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Economy, Middle Class, Lloyd Chapman, Venture Capital, Loopholes, Karen Mills, President-Elect, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - CA) is leading congressional support for a new loophole in federal contracting law that will allow some of the wealthi...

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Obama's Latest Speech Continues to Ignore Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Infrastructure, 111th Congress, Small Business, Economic Stimulus Package, Abuse, Economy, Middle Class, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, American Small Business League, Barack Obama, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Small business advocates are concerned that President-elect Obama may enact policy and legislation that could be harmful to the nation's nearly 27 million small businesses.

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ASBL: Obama Ignores Economic Experts On Stimulus Plan

Chris Gunn | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Biden, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Abuse, Middle Class Economy, Economy, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Barack Obama, Business News
Chris Gunn

The American Small Business League (ASBL) released the following press release today. Petaluma, Calif. - President-elect Barack Obama and the new 11...

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Obama Stimulus Plan Could Favor Venture Capitalists Over Middle Class Firms

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Barack Obama, Wolf Blitzer, Economy, Middle Class, Laura Tyson, National Venture Capital Association, American Small Business League, Democrats, Carly Fiorina, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Obama's plans will likely include support for a change in the federal definition of a small business as being "independently owned."

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ASBL Campaigns to Stop Fraud and Abuse in Small Business Contracting Programs

Chris Gunn | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Lou Dobbs, Small Business, Abuse, American Morning, Cnn, Middle Class, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Abc, Loopholes, American Small Business League, Cavuto, Business News
Chris Gunn

The American Small Business League released the following play list via YouTube today.

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Obama Stimulus Bill May Include Loopholes For Venture Capitalists

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Senate, Congress, House of Representatives, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Obama, American Small Business League, Stimulus, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Billions of dollars in federal small business contracts would be diverted from middle class firms and into the hands of a very small number of firms controlled by wealthy venture capitalists.

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Lloyd Chapman: ASBL Predicts Obama Will Favor Venture Capitalists Over Small Businesses

Chris Gunn | Posted 01.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business Administration, Small Business, Lloyd Chapman, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Sba, American Small Business League, Video, Business News
Chris Gunn

Today, The American Small Business League released the following video via YouTube regarding the ASBL's prediction that with the help of senior democr...

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2009: A Time for Real Economic Change

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 01.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Small Business, Wall Street Bailout, Economy, Economic Crisis, Middle Class, George W. Bush, Ponzi Scheme, Obama, Corporate Power, Capitalism, Tax Reform, Recession, Economic Policy, FInancial Markets, Corporations, United States, Tax Cuts, Mortgage Rates, Interest Rates, Wall Street, Great Depression, Financial Crisis, Business News
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

America's anger and ingenious will is stoked and a new, more open administration is coming to power looking for innovative, far-reaching ideas.

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Payday Lenders' Business Booming In Middle Class

Los Angeles Times | Kim Christensen | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Personal Finance, Cash Advance, Payday Lenders, Finance, Economy, Middle Class, Business News

Americans now pay as much as $8 billion a year to borrow at least $50 billion from payday lenders, by various estimates. That's more than 10 times ...

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Recession: We're All in This Together, Part 2

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Recession Fears, Recession, 2008 Recession, Nursery School, Economic Recession, Preschool, Job Losses, Middle Class, Personal Loans, Family Budgeting, Parenting, Upper Class, Layoffs, Recession Anxiety, Bailout, Embarassment, Asking for Help, Living News
Olivia Rosewood

Perhaps we could take a lesson from the prosperous: don't be ashamed to ask for money. There's nothing shameful about taking care of yourself and your family.

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Obama Economic Policy Snubs Small Business

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Small Business, Bush Administration, Abuse, Transition Team, Economic Policy, Barack Obama, Middle Class, Procurement, Loopholes, Obama-Biden, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

There appears to be a significant disconnect between President-elect Obama's campaign promises to American small businesses and the actual policies he is proposing.

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Broke is the New Cool

Jane Devin | Posted 01.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Coolness, Poverty, Pride, Recession, Fashion Trends, Middle Class, Advice on How to Save Money, Money Saving Tips, Target, Coupons, Suzy Orman, Living News
Jane Devin

I've lived dangerously, with no health insurance, no benefits, and precarious hours. Until now, I've harbored something close to shame over my one-ply lifestyle, but no more.

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Senate to Middle Class: Drop Dead

Michael Moore | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Uaw, Big Three Automakers, Bailout, Michael Moore, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Middle Class, Detroit, Big Three, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Politics News
Michael Moore

The Senate decided that it is more important to break a union, more important to throw middle class wage earners into the ranks of the working poor than to prevent the total collapse of industrial America.

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Dear Too Big To Fail

Robyn Blumner | Posted 01.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Ecomomic Meltdown, Recession, Credit Rating Agencies, Citigroup, Too Big to Fail, Job Losses, CEO Pay, Bankruptcy, Economy, Middle Class, Economic Crisis, Fraud, Layoffs, Ceos, CEO Bonuses, Financial Crisis, Personal Debt, Business News
Robyn Blumner

If I had turned an ungodly profit by putting my seal of approval on investments that turned out to be garbage, I'd be deeply worried about personal liability and jail.

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Obama Will Allow Fortune 500 Firms to Receive Federal Small Business Contracts

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Xerox, Fortune 500, Small Business, Fortune 1000, Dell, Obama Transition Team, Economy, Middle Class, John Deere, Washington Post, Procurement, Obama-Biden, Home Depot, Barack Obama, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Petaluma, Calif. - President-elect Barack Obama has dropped a campaign promise to end Bush Administration policies that have allowed Fortune 500 firms...

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Obama Struggles To Explain Drop of Windfall Profits Tax for Oil and Gas Industry

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gas Prices, U.S. Economy, Gas, Small Business, Oil Windfall, Big Oil, Economy, Middle Class, Oil, Oil Prices, Barack Obama Windfall Profits Tax, Windfall Profits Tax, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lloyd Chapman

The Obama camp's explanation as to why the windfall profits tax has been dropped is inconsistent with the facts and the actual series of events.

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