May 25, 2020 | Blog, Budget Deficit, In The News
The Senate has left for their Memorial Day district work period. When the upper chamber returns on June 1, it’s likely to focus on clearing pending presidential nominations as House Democrats and Senate Republicans remain far apart on the next round of...
May 22, 2020 | Blog, In The News, Policy And Taxation Group
While the world is slowly starting to open up and move toward “normal,” it seems as if DC has already gotten there – politically at least. After passing four stimulus bills on a pretty bi-partisan basis – and racking up almost $3 trillion in spending – political...
May 13, 2020 | Blog, In The News, Policy And Taxation Group, State by State Status
The overwhelming news from the states is the financial impact COVID-19 is having on their bottom line…and precisely one article on why they shouldn’t be given or take a bailout from the feds! States should say ‘no thanks’ to a federal bailout “The...
May 11, 2020 | Blog, Budget Deficit, In The News, Policy And Taxation Group
If you’re a regular reader of these updates, this week’s will seem like Deja vu. Congress moved quickly to pass a costly aid package without regard to how it would be paid for, which the President signed immediately. The $484 billion relief package was...
Apr 29, 2020 | Blog, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
There’s one word I typically avoid and usually cringe when it’s used: unprecedented. Its inclusion is for dramatic effect, of course. And while it can technically be used to connote an event or item that is unique, atypical, or abnormal, for me, it really...
Apr 21, 2020 | Blog, In The News, Policy And Taxation Group
“Cities and states brace for economic ‘reckoning,’ eyeing major cuts and fearing federal coronavirus aid isn’t enough,” by WaPo’s Tony Room: Many states and cities, which were already cash-strapped, are now in dire straits, facing...
