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Are you skilled, resourceful, over 50, and excited about starting a small business? Then it's time to get connected with an experienced mentor. On October 2, AARP and SBA will host “National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Day,” where aspiring business owners are paired with mentors from SBA's network of resource partners. Find your local event here: http://owl.li/dFzBp- RecommendationsSee All
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- Algernon MoncriefPROOF THAT COLORADO’S GOVERNMENT LIES: COLORADO PERA’S ATTEMPT TO TAKE CONTRACTED RETIREE BENEFITS. When I was young I held the belief that public service in the United States is honorable, that the United States of America was exceptional in the world, that governments in the United States, while flawed, deserved the respect of citizens. Now that I am old, I see that I was naive . . . that governmental entities in the United States will intentionally deceive to achieve their goals, and that over two centuries our soldiers have died for a country that will countenance, and even celebrate, base behavior on the part of its public sector instrumentalities. It saddens me, but if this state of affairs persists in the United States . . . Honor is dead. Some background . . . You may know that an entity of Colorado state government, Colorado PERA, is attempting to breach its public pension contracts with its retirees. Colorado PERA is attempting a retroactive taking, a “clawback” of accrued, fully-vested pension benefits that were earned by retired PERA members over decades. Colorado PERA public pension benefits include a “base benefit” that is set at retirement and a “COLA benefit” that adjusts pensions annually to compensate for inflation. The “base benefit” and the “COLA benefit” are set forth in Colorado statutes with identical force of law and legal status. In its attempt to breach retiree contracts Colorado PERA has created a contrivance. The contrivance that Colorado PERA is using is that somehow the “base benefit” is a contractual obligation, but the “COLA benefit” is not a contractual obligation, in spite of the fact that both pension benefits are set forth in law in an identical manner. What this boils down to is attempted, unabashed, theft by government. Whether or not Colorado PERA’s attempt to take fully-vested public pension benefits from PERA retirees is ultimately successful in the courts, one fact has been incontrovertibly established . . . Colorado PERA, as an instrumentality of the State of Colorado, is an organization that will lie to achieve its policy goals. This is a sad fact for the many employees of Colorado PERA, for the trustees that have served on the Colorado PERA Board of Trustees over 80 years, and for the thousands of PERA members and retirees. And now, the proof of the deceit . . . Colorado PERA has told us, in writing, that the PERA COLA benefit IS a contractual obligation of PERA . . . and then, after initiating their attempt to breach contracts, Colorado PERA has told us, in writing, that the PERA COLA benefit IS NOT a contractual obligation of PERA. Both of these statements cannot be true. Colorado PERA in a written document, to the Colorado General Assembly’s Joint Budget Committee on December 16, 2009 states that the PERA COLA benefit IS a contractual obligation of PERA: “The General Assembly cannot decrease the COLA (absent actuarial necessity) because it is part of the contractual obligations that accrue under a pension plan protected under the Colorado Constitution Article II, Section 11 and the United States Constitution Article 1, Section 10 for vested contractual rights.” Link: http://www.kentlambert.com/Files/PERA_JBC_Hearing_Responses-12-16-2009_Final.pdf Colorado PERA on page 23 of its May 6, 2011 “Reply Brief” in the pension case Justus v. State states that the PERA COLA benefit IS NOT a contractual obligation of PERA: “Plaintiffs seek to create a contract right that has never existed—an unchangeable COLA for life triggered (inconsistently) by either the date of their retirement or ‘full vesting.’” Link: http://saveperacola.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/2011-05-06-pera-defendants_-reply-in-support-of-summary-judgment.pdf That is simply unbelievable. In one document PERA writes "the contract right has never existed." In the other they write that the COLA benefit is a contractual obligation protected under the Colorado and US constitutions. When PERA writes that they need "actuarial necessity" to take the COLA benefit, they are not denying that it is a contractual obligation, in fact, it is an admission of the contractual nature of the COLA benefit. For further information regarding Colorado PERA’s attempt to take fully-vested pension benefits from retirees visit saveperacola.com or Friend Save Pera Cola on Facebook.about 2 months ago
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Selling Your Business? You May Need to Negotiate a Non-Compete Agreement: http://owl.li/dFixW- SBA Administrator Karen Mills stops for a picture with Quick Mount PV employees.
- SBA Administrator Karen Mills tours Quick Mount PV, a California small business manufacturer that recently purchased its new headquarters and manufacturing facility in Walnut Creek with the help of an SBA-backed loan. Here's more information about SBA loan programs: http://owl.li/dDN2K
- SBA Administrator Karen Mills tours McWong, a Sacramento based small manufacturer and distributor that has utilized SBA products and programs to create jobs, insource production and export goods.
Here's more information about small business exporting: http://owl.li/dDLJw - In today's challenging economic environment, help for small businesses is more critical than ever before. A key foundation of success in business is to leverage data analysis to discover insights and make smarter decisions.
That's why SBA has made available SizeUp, an online small business support service that can deliver customized business analysis to an unlimited number of businesses. Check it out at http://owl.li/dDH6G. U.S. Small Business Administration shared a link via HootSuite.
Is business travel critical to your small business success, but hurting your cash flow? Learn how technology can help you save money on business travel: http://owl.li/dBdGAU.S. Small Business Administration shared a link via HootSuite.
Are you applying for a loan to start your small business? Check out this checklist to find out what documents you'll need: http://owl.li/dyvBJU.S. Small Business Administration shared a link via HootSuite.
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Are you a women business owner? Do you know what financing options are available to you?
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Starting a small business that imports goods? Here are some business and regulatory tips to guide you through the process of selling imported goods in the US: http://owl.li/dwJ2GU.S. Small Business Administration shared a link via HootSuite.
Looking to hire extra staff for the up and coming holiday season, or find that you wished you’d hired temporary workers this past summer? Whatever your plans, hiring seasonal workers involves following a few rules of the road. Many of the laws and regulations that apply to full-time employees also apply to seasonal or part-time employees.
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Here’s what you need to know about what patent protection can do for your business and about other intellectual property issues that should also come into play: http://owl.li/dvXQz - If you’re thinking about becoming your own boss, and the business model of franchising sounds attractive, there are several things you need to do before you even look at a franchise business opportunity.
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If you are an online merchant or thinking of becoming one, here’s what you need to know: http://owl.li/dkgrM. - Entrepreneur and founder of The Body Shop Anita Roddick once said: “Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is...
- Today, SBA Administrator Karen Mills heads to Kansas City!
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- Today, SBA launched Small Business Owners Speak- An online platform highlighting the voices of small business owners across the U.S. This interactive map plots short videos from small business owners who have started or grown a business and...used an SBA service.See More
To help reach more small business owners, SBA has opened Small Business Owners Speak to other entrepreneurs interested in submitting a video. For more information about submitting a video and to preview the Small Business Owners Speak platform, visit http://owl.li/dgrFQ. - Whether you’re planning on starting a business, launching a new product, entering new markets, moving business locations or simply looking to...
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