The War on Small Business

The 5 min. Forecast September 02, 2010 12:03 PM by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias [LIST] [*] The War on Small Business: Washington’s long train of abuses against entrepreneurs [*] Health insurance costs, paperwork requirements, stepped-up audits… It’s worse than ever [*] The “assault on enterprise” coming to film… A sneak preview of our new documentary project [*] “Bears on their heels”… Taking stock of stocks as the summer doldrums come to a close [*] Readers sound off on “sarcastic political commentary” and rare earths [/LIST] Today, we revisit a recurring theme: the assault on enterprise. It was the subject of our symposium in Vancouver in July. In this episode, we look at a particularly vulnerable segment of the economy: small businesses. To help set the stage, let's look at some important stats from the Small Business Administration (SBA). Small businesses: [LIST] [*] Represent 99.7% of...