Interesting and sad story of a small business owner

If your small business is not doing well maybe the problem isn't the economy, maybe it's you.

Please read Small Business Nightmares.

Relatively unknown but a star none the less

I've been listening to a lot of Alejandro Escovedo ( www.alejandroescovedo.com ) lately. Really good stuff. As the great Townes Van Sant said, "it can't be a good song if it's not a good poem first."

Smart music done very well. Give it a listen if you have the opportunity.

The beat goes on

Back in September I wrote a post about the health care reform. Here we are 2 months later and the issue is still a huge controversy and the source of significant and deliberate obfuscation. If anything close to the bill passed in the House turns into law you will see a dramatic and sudden reaction from small business owners.

The biggest problem is the small business owners who are currently trying their best to support their employees are the businesses that will be punished the most. The small business owners who currently cheat on their taxes and abuse their employees won't feel a thing when the law is passed.

The good business owners will get squeezed and the good employees will feel the pain.

It's a shame. Too many politicians are clueless as to the real world of the small business economy.