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4_TN_TITANS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 09:47 AM
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Backlash against Bush small biz cuts
Today on principal.com

WASHINGTON, Feb 08, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- The ranking Democrat on the U.S. House Small Business Committee called President Bush's proposed 2006 budget a "failure" for U.S. small business.

http://www.principal.com/marketnews/news_template.htm?story=20050209/20050209BacklashagainstBushsmallbizcuts.xml
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4_TN_TITANS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 09:54 AM
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1. That's Our Chimpster.....
Protecting big business by slicing a funds-artery for small business.
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Habibi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 10:05 AM
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2. That's nice.
Guy at my gym has a personal training biz and is a biiiig * supporter. Can't wait to see if he finally shitcans the "autographed" pic of W and Laura that's sitting on his desk.
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 10:11 AM
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3. The Democratic Party is, and always has been, the party of small
Edited on Wed Feb-09-05 10:33 AM by w4rma
buisness. But somehow (I think it was the DLC's cozying up to big buisness in addition to a few liberals, who hold no power within the Democratic Party, flirting with communism) the Democratic Party has lost the image of being the party for small buisness.

We need to get that back and the responses by the Democrats in this article are a good start.
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ohtransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 10:24 AM
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4. Sadly, small business owners are another group that...
tilted toward * in the election. Add them to the list who now say,:wtf:

I guess only businesses with DHS or DoD contracts get to survive.
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durablend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 10:36 AM
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5. Don't forget Wal-Mart
Probably getting some hefty backdoor subsidies right now. Not as if they need em, but why refuse free money (from poor/middle class taxpayers)
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ohtransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 10:46 AM
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6. Wal-Mart can always squeeze states and local municipalities
with Tax Increment Financing and all sorts of breaks small business owners don't get either.

Hey! - maybe they'll take over the SBA!
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