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  • Stand up for small business this Saturday

    Riley Johnson|Updated Nov 27, 2013
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    Have Americans lost hope? The trust-deficit between them and their policymakers is distressingly large, with only 19 percent, according to an October Pew poll, who say that they have faith that the government will do what is right just about always or most of the time. Thankfully, not all is lost. Americans still have faith in some institutions, generally for those that truly protect freedoms and preserve livelihoods, like the military and small businesses. In fact, when it comes to job creation and the economy, Americans val...

  • Ambush elections taking aim at Main Street, Montana

    Riley Johnson

    Small-business owners in our state are struggling: struggling to stay afloat in a lagging economy; struggling to plan for a health care law that will take more money away from their business; struggling with regulations from Washington, D.C., that make running a business second in line to understanding compliance; struggling with a tax burden that is unfair and unjust. And now, word comes from Washington, D.C., via the National Labor Relations Board, that may soon force small-business owners to struggle to maintain the...