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eschatonblog.com - 6/13/2009
Small Businesses
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If I were the benevolent dictator, one thing I would do is change how our government officially defines small businesses. The standards (.pdf) vary across industry classsifications, but maximum of 500 employees is common. I think when most people are thinking about "small businesses" that isn't ...
nydailynews.com - 6/21/2009
Small businesses have big impact on health care; many favor public health insurance
— nydailynews.com — Updated Sunday, June 21st 2009, 4:06 PM There are pundits and politicians who repeat - as if... it were an article of faith - that business owners oppose President Obama 's proposal to give people the choice of a public health insurance plans. Don't ... (more) Small businesses have big impact on health care; many ...

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Daily Kos — ... I'm with Atrios on this one: I don't think most of us think of companies with 450 or 500 employees as "small business." Mom and pop enterprises with just a couple dozen on payroll at most are what come to mind when the phrase is used. It would be helpful to have a category that reflected that instead of the "small business" Norman Rockwell evocation Republicans use when what they really mean is they want to protect middle-sized corporations, not the local plumber. ...

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