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Second Stimulus Guts Rural Micro Program

Aug 25th, 2008 | By Dawn Rivers Baker | Category: Podcasts

We have the federal budget version of three-card Monty going on with funding for the brand spanking new Rural Microenterprise Development program, part of Title VI of the Farm Bill. Mandatory funding be damned, says the White House. So what if I signed the bill, says President Bush.

Yeah, whatever.

Plus more on the tax gap and the money that’s getting left on the table while Congress chases after nonemployers, another microbusiness profile and, as always, this week’s Policy Matters.

 
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