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Senate Passes Small-Business Aid Bill

3 pointsby drewrover 14 years ago

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protomythover 14 years ago
"Amendments earlier in the week sought to lift a much-criticized healthcare tax reporting requirement that both Democrats and Republicans agree needs to be fixed. But the amendments failed as senators could not agree on a way to recoup the $17 billion in revenue that would be lost by doing away with the provision." - <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-pn-small-business-bill-20100917,0,2992847.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-pn-small-b...</a>
yummyfajitasover 14 years ago
Wow, congress seems to have their eyes on the prize. They've given businesses some help with what appears to be the <i>smallest</i> problem [1] they face.<p><a href="http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/whats-holding-back-small-businesses/" rel="nofollow">http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/whats-holding-b...</a><p>Way to go guys.<p>[1] A rough guesstimate since it's hard to read that stupid graph. Inflation might be smaller.