Back during his reelection campaign in 2012, President Barack Obama famously lectured – or scolded – successful business owners on how or why they became successful – opining that others owned some responsibility for their success. “Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that, somebody else made that…
Read More »It has been the law of the land since 1996 – passed as part of the “Contract with America” back when Newt Gingrich was US Speaker of the House. Despite being on the books now for over 20 years, the Congressional Review Act was only invoked successfully one time (by President George W Bush in…
Read More »When elected President in 2008, Barack Obama promised to “fundamentally change America”. Eight years later, Donald Trump, after his own election promised to undo much of that Obama ‘legacy’, and with republicans in control of both the House and Senate, that effort is well underway. This week, the US Senate passed repeal of the Fair…
Read More »Those of us who follow politics more closely may remember that within just 10 months of assuming office as the US President, Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for uh . . . um . . . well, anyway he got it. Now, within 6 weeks of his successor assuming the Presidency,…
Read More »It is one of the realities that make the American experiment so exciting and unique – the peaceful transfer of power from one leader to another and oftentimes, such as this year, from one party to another, as well. On Inauguration Day 2017, we want to thank President Obama for his service as our 44th…
Read More »The Obama administration last week announced a new target when the White House released a report suggesting that oftentimes, noncompete clauses are “unfair”. They allege that in many instances, “unfair” agreements limit worker mobility, inhibit a worker’s bargaining power and can stifle innovation. These may not be things that concern most of our subscribers, but…
Read More »The nomination of a new Chief Counsel for the Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy was approved by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee of the US Senate and has been sent on to the full Senate for formal confirmation. President Obama nominated Chicago Attorney Darryl DePriest for the post, which has been vacant for…
Read More »As had been expected, earlier this week, President Obama vetoed a bill sent him by Congress invoking the Congressional Review Act, whereby Congress expressed its disapproval of the “ambush election rules” from the National Labor Relations Board and through which it sought to rescind them. The bill passed both branches with less than the 2/3…
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