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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

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Lloyd Chapman

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

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.17.2012

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Lloyd Chapman

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

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.30.2012

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Lloyd Chapman

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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Small Business Administration: the Most Important Agency in Washington Today

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.24.2011

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Lloyd Chapman

It is time for anti-small business elements in Washington to be run out of town, and time for President Obama and Congress to develop a real jobs program based on the Small Business Act and the SBA.

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Upcoming Obama Conference Could Be Bad News for Small Business

Chris Gunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Gunn

Small business groups are concerned the real agenda of the upcoming Obama administration small business conference will be to adopt legislation and policy that will change the definition of a small business.

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Obama Middle Class Bailout Bill Passed 55-Years Ago

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lloyd Chapman

Middle Class Bailout Bill That Can Rescue The Economy Was Passed In 1953 In Tuesday's Presidential debate, Senator Barack Obama (D - IL) called for a...

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