Small Business is Good Business
It's my firm opinion that small business are the backbone of our country. They hire people and keep them. They run the small manufacturing shops and independent stores and places in our neighborhood. They contribute more to the GDP than the big companies that get all the press, and they employ more people too. They are the lifeblood of our nation.
So I was very happy to see the Small Business Administration (SBA) Entrepreneurial Development Act that was introduced by Rep. Joe Sestak was passed in the House a few days ago and now moves to the Senate.
Inc.com says:
For more on this bill, see the Library of Congress / Thomas listing or GovTrack.us. H.R. 2359--110th Congress (2007): SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007, GovTrack.us (database of federal legislation) or GovTrack.us. H.R. 2359--110th Congress (2007): SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007.
So I was very happy to see the Small Business Administration (SBA) Entrepreneurial Development Act that was introduced by Rep. Joe Sestak was passed in the House a few days ago and now moves to the Senate.
Inc.com says:
The SBA Entrepreneurial Development Act, introduced by Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) will expand the role of both Small Business Development Centers and SCORE programs in helping small-business owners deal with rising Health-care and energy costs, among other challenges.
Two other bills will provide additional services at Women Business Centers and Veterans Business Outreach Centers, while a third creates a customized program for Native American entrepreneurs.
Recent studies show that small-business start-ups that seek government assistance have a better chance of succeeding.
For more on this bill, see the Library of Congress / Thomas listing or GovTrack.us. H.R. 2359--110th Congress (2007): SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007, GovTrack.us (database of federal legislation) or GovTrack.us. H.R. 2359--110th Congress (2007): SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007.
Labels: Entrepreneurial Development Act, Joe Sestak, SBA
posted by Seventh Watch at 10:19 PM
5 Comments:
And don't forget the Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act, which he also sponsored passed.
Bundling of smaller contracts into mega-contracts has squeezed out smaller, focused shops from the bidding for federal contracts.
SW,
Seems you chased David away with your effort to shut out any dissent against Joe Sestak. Rather than a site that has a free and open discussion, looks like you have turned PA7Watch back into what it was meant to be, another mouthpiece trumpeting how terrific Joe Setak is. Hooray! Good work!
Anonymous-
Don't worry, I'm still around. My name is still on the site, too.
Just because I forcefully disagree with Joe's vote does NOT mean that I don't agree with him on the other 99% of his votes. (I agreed with about 1% of Weldon's votes, so Joe is still the anti-Weldon we elected.)
Though some disagreed with my public drubbing of Joe's vote, I've also gotten praise for holding Joe to a standard and exercising my rights to criticize an elected official. If SW wanted to shut-out dissent, he could have deleted the postings.
I commented on Joe's first 100 days, and SW decided to handle the first six months posting. The small business legislation is just a little too dry/dull/boring for my brand of humor.
However, since I've clearly been missed, I will interject that Joe's idea of helping small business is different from Weldon's idea of abusing his office to get a million dollar contract for two-person "consulting" business (consisting of his daughter and a political ally).
The Delco Times still hasn't re-activated the "blogging" part of "Blogging with Spencer" after the "upgrade" to the website (or after the ass-kicking he received when it was activated.)
And, of course, you GOP trolls are still posting anonymously. If I can post several harsh pieces UNDER MY OWN NAME in the blog and the newspaper that criticized a member of my own party, surely you anonymous GOP-ers can post under your real names.
I'm still here and you're still cowards.
Come on David. I was expecting to come here and see a post from you about how the reason support of Congress is at the lowest point in history is becuase Members of Congress like Joe Sestak abandoned their campaign platform when they took control. That's the truth, isn't it? I rember a time when you used to be able to speak your mind freely about peopel in your own party. When you used to keep it real.
Promises of meaningful reforms, withdrawing troops etc have all fallen by the wayside as the Democrats begin to cozy up to the perks of elected office. Where's the outrage?
Anonymous-
I'm not sure that this is the lowest point in history, but the problem is hardly isolated to the Democrats either. The Republicans in the Senate have stalled a lot of meaningful legislation that the House Dems approved and the Senate has over 50 votes to pass (if they can get the 60 votes needed to bring it all to the floor).
Joe's voting record has been pretty solid on those issues.
As for the Iraq vote, 140 House Dems made the right vote. Joe and 85 other Dems made the 100% wrong vote and hurt the party and the troops by prolonging the war. The vote will (and should) come back to haunt them. However, any losses of support Joe suffers from those of us that disagreed with his vote will be made up by those fooled by the false argument that the vote supported the troops. My prediction is that it will be a wash, particularly if Joe and the other Dems grow some more political spine and change the direction in Iraq well before the election. The 2008 election will be referendum on what they accomplished in first 18 months, not first 5 months.
There are a lot of little reforms the Dems will enact regarding predatory lending practices, banking fees, bankruptcy, etc. that greatly affect the poorest among us.
Do you think we would have ANY idea about the extent of political corruption in the Attorney General's office with a GOP congress? Please. We've only skimmed the surface of the deep violations by this administration losing official emails (that must be preserved, by law) by routing them through RNC email servers then deleting them. How about Cheney's refusal to report handling of classified documents then trying to claim that he's not part of the executive branch (except when claiming executive privilege).
Where's YOUR outrage about what the White House has been up to? And where is your praise for the Dems rooting this out?
I've expressed far more outrage over Joe's vote than you have about Bush, Cheney, Gonzoles, good old Curt Weldon.
Where's your outrage (and real name)?
Try not to deafen me with the silence.
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