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A member just emailed us a question regarding EFCA (you can email us questions too: here), the Employee Free Choice Act, card check, and the odds of their passage. EFCA is a bill to make unionization easier, and unions more powerful once formed. The debate and actions has been interesting and erratic, so we wanted [...]

In yesterday’s Walking Knowledge (here) we referred to the expiring “Bush Tax Cuts”. I didn’t talk about any further, and we have received some questions about what exactly that means. Below is a year by year breakdown of the taxes that will automatically increase

Below are some of the key provisions as stated by the sponsor of the legislation and highlighted by the Market Institute. Currently, this legislation has bi-partisan support in the Senate and a version of financial reform already passed in the House, so we forecast that this legislation will be signed into law in the next [...]

The Financial Reform legislation will be the hot topic when Congress returns from recess next week, but what does this mean for you and your business? The short answer is easy: Less lending. However, explaining that and putting the numbers together will be a lot harder in the long run making this as opportune for [...]