tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post2979060528164492547..comments2023-10-16T04:34:45.322-05:00Comments on CPSIA - Comments & Observations: CPSIA - More Hypocritical Small Business "Help"Rick Woldenberg, Chairman - Learning Resources Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10399747363670184131noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-70613493417054922142010-09-16T07:36:04.600-05:002010-09-16T07:36:04.600-05:00The 1099 thing is like CPSIA on steroids and is th...The 1099 thing is like CPSIA on steroids and is the only reason they are paying any attention to it. It affects EVERYONE. <br /><br />I saw a little bit of that speech and it was terrible and weird that it was held on someones lawn in Fairfax. He doesn't give anyone any information. All he does is blame Republicans that the bill isn't passing. Who is writing these speeches? Let's talk about why they aren't passing. What is in them? Why is everything becoming more polarized? <br /><br />Oh - my favorite find this week is that he has a children's book coming out this fall! The proceeds go to a good cause but um not the best timing I wouldn't think.jennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-13241264202254718772010-09-15T12:23:03.161-05:002010-09-15T12:23:03.161-05:00@Hermit: Well, there it is again; the country'...@Hermit: Well, there it is again; the country's being run by B-school grads who can't even conceive of a company that does less than three million dollars of sales in a year. They have no concept of how a single craftsman could make enough money to support an entire family.halojones-fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473935330204075559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-89581423906863787942010-09-14T15:05:23.352-05:002010-09-14T15:05:23.352-05:00Thanks to the 1099 requirement, I'm going to b...Thanks to the 1099 requirement, I'm going to be switching my Sam's Club business membership to a personal membership; otherwise I'll be issuing a 1099 for my groceries. I'll be buying my mailing envelopes, ink, and paper elsewhere, I guess.<br /><br />I really don't think the Washington elites know what a "small business" really is. They think a "small" business is one that has 100-500 employees or something. Commissioner Adler made a remark about how "small businesses" can implement Six Sigma stuff. HELLO?!?!? How many mom-n-pop stores with a handful of employees even know what Six Sigma is? How many Etsy sellers? My husband works for a company with something like 200 employees, and they don't do Six Sigma or any of that stuff. Heck, I only know what it is because a friend of mine told me about a job opportunity teaching it at her (larger business) workplace.<br /><br />They just don't see all this micro-sized economic activity: the people who sell stuff on eBay, who take a few piano students, who put extra veggies out at the farmer's market, who make crafts for Christmas boutiques, who sell tamales car-to-car outside the supermarket. It all adds up to quite a bit, and it makes a huge difference in people's quality of life. It may not rise to the level of what Washington considers a "small" business, but they buy clothes and lessons and Christmas presents for their kids with that money. And no matter how many laws they make in Washington, it won't go away, it'll just become illegal, because people need these things.Nom de Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153700215201399299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-21700496223520543962010-09-14T14:46:05.615-05:002010-09-14T14:46:05.615-05:00Maybe we should listen to Barry O, he does have ma...Maybe we should listen to Barry O, he does have management experience, oh wait maybe not. But he did run a small business before he...oh wait, maybe not. Of course, he has the educational training to understand how a business is run right? <br />I know Jimmy Carter is smiling and feeling fuzzy knowing he has been overrun by Obama as the WORST president EVER!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-51733082857354067042010-09-14T13:10:32.644-05:002010-09-14T13:10:32.644-05:00Hardly surprising that they were "blindsided&...Hardly surprising that they were "blindsided" by the bill's provisions when they were proudly declaring that they hadn't read the bill and angrily denouncing people who suggested that they ought to do!halojones-fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473935330204075559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-47768234278764795272010-09-14T00:57:51.703-05:002010-09-14T00:57:51.703-05:00Amazing, isn't it? You can't tell me that ...Amazing, isn't it? You can't tell me that Mr. O. doesn't know how the CPSIA is affecting small businesses. So enough with the political grand-standing and speech-ifying, and DO something to help small businesses that the small businesses are BEGGING for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com