Canada changed to FTF in 1989, and two studies concluded that it was bad for small companies and individual inventors.
The real question is whether or not the this incremental tax will crimp consumer spending, which would be bad to small business as well as brick-and-mortar and online retailers alike.
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When times are bad, the small cap group gets hammered, enabling investors to buy at bargain prices.
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Historically the first to bear the brunt of a bad economy, small-caps are often the first to bounce back.
Insurance is a bad idea for small, regular and predictable expenses.
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"They exposed the small tip of a very large iceberg" of bad practices that are costing small investors large sums of money, he said.
In his most recent critique, Fisher argues that the very convenience of stock funds contributes to bad investing behavior by small investors.
The bad economist pursues a small present good that will be followed by a great evil to come, while the good economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil.
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But just as the majority of single mothers, who are not impoverished, don't deserve to be placed in the victim column, so, too, the majority of ultra-Orthodox Israelis do not deserve to have their reputation besmirched because of the bad behavior of a small, vocal and easily provoked minority.
Mark Begich called it "bad news for Alaskans and small business owners" who he said need timely delivery to rural areas.
Let's say that you feel bad about running over a small animal late at night, while you were feeling tired at the wheel.
He argues Evans' voting record is bad for farmers and for small businesses, and he faults Evans for his vote against welfare reform.
To be sure there are bad actors (although very small in numbers), and there are quite a few good-but-not-amazing prepaid products (which still beat out a checking account with overdraft on an average use-case).
But rather than openly argue for tax harmonization and other policies that would lead to higher taxes and a loss of fiscal sovereignty, they think they will have more luck expanding the power of government by employing demagoguery against the big, bad, multinational companies and small, low-tax jurisdictions.
So, the next time a newspaper headline declares that something is bad for you, read the small print.
That may be bad news for Russia's small investors who were encouraged to participate in the listing with an ad campaign.
In many states, small group insurance has group health underwriting, so if the small group has a bad history of claims, the insurance can be very expensive.
Small Asian firms are notoriously bad at international marketing, something a website makes simpler.
Cutting corners and making poor decisions could crush a small business, whether through bad publicity or financially.
Not only is stimulating off-shoring bad policy, it is unfair to small U.S. competitors who cannot afford offices overseas to avoid visa constraints.
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The problem is that the IRS interprets the tax code so that it is very bad for passive foreign investors to make small and mid-sized business loans.
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"I hope you agree that imposing unnecessary tax burdens on small online businesses is a bad idea, " eBay president and CEO John Donahoe said in a letter to customers.
However, the small country is stuck in a bad neighborhood.
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Over short periods, an allocation to cash is not a bad thing, especially if it accounts for a small portion of your portfolio.
And in a bad economic time, it is bad economic policy to raise taxes on 23 million small businesses, the only sector of the economy growing jobs.
Bad news travels and Scotland's literary scene is small enough to make it swift.
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