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CARES Economic Impact Payments
The CARES economic impact payments for individuals are the checks from the federal government. They can be up to $1,200 for an individual. For a married couple they can be $2,400. If you have dependent children under the age of 17 can receive up to another $500 per child. NOTE: these payments are phased out … Read more
OpEd – Waive Growler Regulations, Save the Beer
The goal of legislators is always to find solutions to improve the lives of our constituents. In these unprecedented times in struggling with COVID-19, finding solutions may look different than it did a month ago, but our mission has not changed. Together, we can come through this crisis. Related: To-Go Beer & Wine Coming to … Read more
NH Approved for COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans
Real quick: Good news for New Hampshire businesses looking for and eligible for some fiscal relief. “The Small Business Administration approved New Hampshire’s application for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans.”
Did “Pride” or “Drag Queens” Kill Riverside BBQ in Nashua?
A local Nashua Restaurant is closing after it found itself stuck between an LGBTQ Rock and a Hardplace. Riverside BBQ proudly supported gay pride and even held drag queen shows until something went wrong.
R.I.P. Export Import Bank
Export Import Banks are usually government agencies. They ensure the safety and growth of a country’s foreign trade. Creation of the U.S. version came in 1934. It was for providing low interest loan guarantees. It incentivizes American companies selling American products internationally. All good so far, right? Now, as Paul Harvey would say, it’s time … Read more
As NH Democrats Push for Higher Minimum Wage New Data Confirms We’ll Lose Jobs and Hours
As New Hampshire Democrats push for a ridiculously high state minimum wage we’ve got more bad news. And it is not new news. New data proves the old data. Where minimum wages have been arbitrarily hiked prices rise. Workers get fewer hours. New jobs never materialize, and old jobs disappear.
Who Supports Small Business?
Small business is still the backbone of the U.S. economy. New Hampshire’s economy is dominated by small business. There are more than 30 million small businesses in America. They employ about 60 million workers. That’s half of the U.S. workforce. Small businesses account for 99.9% of all U.S. businesses. These days many are exporters. They … Read more
US Sees Record Small Business Optimism – Democrats Promise To Take It All Away
Trump’s recovery summer continues to stack up wins as small business optimism piles on to an already impressive roll call.
Optimism among small-business owners reached a record high in August as Republican-passed tax cuts and deregulation began to bear fruit, according to a survey by the National Federation of Independent Business.
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index hit 108.8 last month, the highest it’s been in the index’s 45-year history, beating the previous record of 108 set in 1983 under Republican president Ronald Reagan.
Blue Collar Job Growth Highest in 30 years
The Trump economy can add another feather to its cap. The growth of traditional blue collar jobs has reached its highest rate since Ronald Reagan was President.
Jobs in goods-producing industries — mining, construction, and manufacturing — grew 3.3 percent in the year preceding July, the best rate since 1984, according to a Washington Post analysis.
Brookstone’s Failure Should Send a Message to the NH Legislature About Biomass Bailouts
At the end of August, I shared an email from a reader. They suggested that New Hampshire’s choice of tax policies was somehow tied to a series of business failures (some pending), one of which was Brookstone, a niche specialty items chain that has corporate offices in Merrimack (ack-ack), New Hampshire.
Brookstone is failing, yes. But is it New Hampshire’s fault?
Jose’ Eduardo Cambrils – candidate for NH State House, Merrimack County 9 (Cantebury/Loudon)
“I am seeking a seat in the NH House of Representatives because of my love for this great State of NH and more specifically the towns of Canterbury and Loudon. I lived in Canterbury for 13 years and still own a beautiful piece of land there. My wife and I have now lived in Loudon for the past 2 years. There is no other place on earth that we would rather be.
My entire life I have had a “Servant Leader” style of leadership. I humbly request your vote, and if I get the Honor and Privilege to represent these two wonderful towns, you have my word that your voices and concerns will be heard.”
-Jose’ Eduardo Cambrils
Born in Tunas, Cuba in 1960. Jose’ and his family immigrated (legally)…
Senator Shaheen’s Selective Defense Of Small Business Owners
New Hampshire’s Congressional delegation is unified in its defense of the Granite State from efforts to make online purchases taxable. Their primary objection, and I’ll use Senator Shaheen as my whipping donkey for this, is the burden it puts on small business owners.
As a former small business owner, I know that most small businesses operate on small profit margins and struggle to keep overhead low. That’s especially true for small online retailers. It is unacceptable to impose major new administrative costs on small businesses while making it harder to compete with big-box retailers.
Economic Malpractice
We continue the discussion with Greg Moore from Americans for Prosperity on Government meddling with medical care and coverage and the economic malpractice that results–fewer startups, employment stagnation, wage deflation, and other symptoms of this regulatory disease, including those specific to New Hampshire.
Jon Lieber – Thumbtack.com 2015 Small Business Survey
Thumbtack.com chief economist Jon Lieber joins us to talk about the 2015 mall Business survey. We discuss small business owner sentiment, what they view as the biggest barriers put in place by government. Suggested alternatives to remove those barriers. And NH’s A+ rating and #2 ranking nationally in the 2015 Survey.
Defending the Dream
AFP- NH State Director Greg Moore joined us from the Defending the Dream Summit in Ohio. The topic is economic freedom in America, the New Hampshire State budget (the lack there of), and the need to make the economic freedom of small business owners a priority.
The Minimum Wage From Yet Another View
The notion that New Hampshire needs to set a minimum wage higher than the current and equally arbitrary federal rate is as flawed a notion as the faux-benefit of a federal minimum wage in the first place. But New Hampshire Democrats and some Democrats elected as Republicans, continue to make a case for it.
But allowing the government to define an arbitrary price point for labor is absurd and anyone who has ever had a job already knows why.
Not So Easy
Staples, the Office Supply chain, has denied a local gun store its application to participate in a contest for small businesses. Yes, I know. A Town of about 
9 square miles with the population of Merrimack New Hampshire (Fremont Nebraska), happens to have (a least one) gun store in it run by two Army veterans; sounds like a small business to me. So why can’t this small business participate in a contest for small businesses?
Staples has rules for its contests and their bureaucracy appears to be as intellectually agile as any other. That is to say, not at all. In a denial letter to the gun shop, from staples, (excerpted here) we find the fly in the ointment.
Entry contains content that promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing); promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; promotes any particular political agenda or message; is obscene or offensive; or endorses any form of hate or hate group.
But Staples not only sells “weapons”…it allows them to get into the hands of convicted criminals.
Notice us up there, in the upper right corner?
Below is a map showing the “business tax climate” in all 50 states. The worst such states are in dark blue. The best states are shown in white. Notice that there’s not one “small business friendly” state in the entire northeast? Other than New Hampshire, that is! And notice that four of the worst 10 states for small business are … Read more