Posts Tagged 'regulations'

RNC Demonstrates GOP Support for Small Business

RNC Demonstrates GOP Support for Small Business

I was honored to have been invited to appear in Tampa during the Republican National Convention on a panel together with Rep. Darrell Issa of California titled Government and Entrepreneurship. However, Hurricane Isaac caused the session to be cancelled.

Yet, the topic intrigued me. When discussing how entrepreneurship and government should intersect, the easy answer is … not at all. The last thing that entrepreneurs and small businesses need is more government interaction.

As an entrepreneur, I’ve seen enough intersection with government ...

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When a President Mocks Small Business

When a President Mocks Small Business

As an entrepreneur who has worked my entire life to create new businesses, hire more than 200 employees and risk everything I own on my companies, I join the chorus of Americans who are outraged by President Barack Obama’s recent outburst, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”

This is clearly the most definitive proof that Obama does not understand small business, does not like small business and lacks the rudimentary knowledge of how ...

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Crushing Regulations Kill Job Creation

Crushing Regulations Kill Job Creation

As of 2008, small businesses faced an annual regulatory cost of $10,585 per employee, according to an SBA regulatory impact study published two years ago.

That’s 36 percent higher than the regulatory cost facing large firms (defined as firms with 500 or more employees). And since 2008, the situation has grown worse as the regulation factories in Washington have been working overtime since the Obama Administration has come to town.

The Office of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the U.S. Small ...

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