Business-Killing Obama Is No Candyman  In New Deal or Raw Deal,
Burton Folsom, Jr. explains that an atmosphere of regime
uncertainty kept businesses wary of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's New Deal policies.  Today, under President Obama,
the economy is suffering similarly due to the understandable
hesitation of companies to expand.  The two presidents share
certain behavioral and policy similarities: incessantly
admonishing businesses for being successful, taxing companies
excessively, and goring industry with regulations, thus creating
widespread uncertainty and depressed economies.  Even at the
level of a small business, such uncertainty affects major
business decisions. In our small business, my wife and I buy
ingredients, then make and sell candy.  Payments received from
customers (gross income) are used to pay fixed and variable
costs.  The fixed costs include loan and credit repayment, rent,
and utilities.  Variable costs include labor, taxes,
ingredients, and packaging.  After...(Read Full Article)