With the proposed Senate bill (S 773), President Obama could take control of the Internet whenever he decided there was a national security risk.  How will this affect your home business if you can’t utilize the Internet or are restricted in Internet use?  Will “national security” be the excuse for denying Internet use to parties and businesses Obama, and those involved with him, deem unfavorable even though they pose no real security risk?
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Bill Would Give President Emergency Control of the Internet
Obama & Dems Propose to Control the Internet
How Will Obama Control of the Internet Affect Your Small Business?
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Many home business owners are parents or grandparents.  They, like I, develop home businesses so they can be home with their children, yet still help earn the family’s living. Will they be scrutinized because they’re parents?
Upon close scrutiny, you’ll find within the Obamacare proposals government parenting and grandparenting.  Home visits by government/state agents are indicated, whereby representatives will be able to “advise” those involved in children’s care on how to raise them.  This is under the guise of “health care.”
What we all wonder…are these simply suggestions?  Or will those raising children be required to follow the state’s agents’ advice.  Will this advice …read more

As discussion increases about the health care bills  proposed by Congress and pushed by President Obama to control the care Americans receive, home business people are wondering how this will affect them and invade their lives.
It will affect them personally and businesswise.  Different bills (and Obama’s yet to be announced version) present different levels of control over the health care we would receive.  Also, there would be much more invasion of our lives, as just about all information about us could be collected at a central government location.  Small businesses and individuals would be penalized if they don’t carry health insurance, and of …read more

I’ve been running a poll here at Home Biz Notes – “How do you think President Obama’s economic strategies will affect your home business?
61 % felt these strategies would have a negative effect on their business.
17% opted for a positive effect.
22% thought his strategies would have no effect.
How do you feel Obama’s policies and programs are affecting your home business?  Or don’t you see any difference since he’s been in office?
Even if you missed the poll, you still can express your opinion in a comment and give an idea why you feel this way.
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I’ve introduced  a poll concerning the effect of President Obama’s “change” strategy on home businesses, and discuss the topic at my Blisstree Arts and Craft blog.  As a result, I’ve discovered that my readers have pros and cons about the topic, depending on where’re coming from.
If they’re involved in a business that provides products for people who’ve lost their jobs due to the “change” policies or are feeling a pinch in their pocketbooks because of of it, the business owners think the Obama’s “change” is great. 
For instance, someone who works in a fabric store (which could be in the home) indicated that business has increased for them because …read more

Whether you agree with Barack Obama’s programs and government slant,
you’ll generally have to agree that he has and is using very successful promotional strageties…all during his campaign and the first five months of his presidency…to sway a majority of the American people into thinking he has their best interests at heart.
Using modern electronic capabilities to reach the people, such as blogs, the media, social media and key phrases, he branded his campaign as one of “change,” with people automatically thinking that meant change for the better.  You also find he is branching out into new techniques.  As you study his strategies, can you find anything there …read more

With all the “changes” President Obama is instituting in our ecomomy and our lives, I was wondering how you think they will affect home business owners.  So I’ve set up a poll to get your opinion. 
(Scroll down the right side of this page).
You’re also welcome to write a comment at the end of this post to let us know if you’ve seen any effects yet, positive or negative, in your life and business as a result of programs that have gone into effect.  What do you think the future holds in your personal life and business life?
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“Going green” has become the buzz word nowadays; in fact it’s such a priority with some people that they look aghast at you if you do anything they don’t think is appropriate for keeping the earth green and the air pure.
Also, if President Obama has his way, we soon shall see energy type taxes on businesses and utilities, thus raising our cost of living and affecting all enterprises. Supposedly jobs will be created to regulate and ensure we remain “green.”.
So why not become a business that helps other businesses in their attempts to ensure they’re complying? Or become …read more