Microloan Seen Through A Different Lens
Oct 19th, 2009 | By Dawn Rivers Baker | Category: PodcastsBefore anything else, I need to apologize for all the bumps and thumps in this week’s recording. My podcasts usually sound better than this and I have no idea why my mic was loose during my recording. I plan to have that fixed before next Monday’s podcast.
This Congressional session has been a peculiar one so far, simply because there has been the usual amount of hot air expended on Capitol Hill but it all seems to be expended in discussing only one or two topics.
One might argue about how well lawmakers walk and chew gum at the same time but, I’ll confess, now that everybody has turned themselves into Johnny-One-Note, covering Capitol Hill is not at its most interesting.
This week, we have small businesses and access to capital (Microloan with a twist), the tax gap, and small firms and health care reform. There will be more on that last subject next week; Senate Small Business Committee Chairwoman Mary Landrieu will convene a hearing on that subject later this week.
For more information:
- House Small Business Committee
- GAO Report: Limiting Sole Proprietor Loss Deductions Could Improve Compliance but Would Also Limit Some Legitimate Losses (PDF)
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
