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?
Read more here:
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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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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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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