| One of the things that I ask my clients to do is become aware of their relationship with the business community and government. Knowing who their Senators and Representatives are is a minimum. Why? Because we small business owners can affect government, just as much as government affects us. Now, Lilly Ledbetter didn’t work for [...] Knitting a Prayer Shawl I received a call early this morning from one of the ladies in my knitting circle. We get together twice a month to knit prayer shawls for those in need and baby hats for a local hospital. “Casey,” this nice woman says, “I’ve gotten a number of calls from [...] As I was reading last week’s San Jose Business Journal, I came upon this quote from Jason Papier, president of Fluent Wealth Partners LLC: My advice to business owners looking forward is seeing that there’s a major shift in economic focus from consumer spending back to government spending — infrastructure, social issues — figure out [...] If you are a small business owner who pays retail, it is likely that you pay some form of sales tax or VAT (value added tax). Customers grown about the cost, particularly on high ticket items. Online merchants fight to keep governments from taxing online sales. And the retailer is buried under one more layer [...] | 
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