The minimum wage legislation was a done deal but had minimal impact for two reasons: (1) many states increased their minimum wages effective January 1st; and (2) a lot of metro markets pay more than the minimum wage just to find employees who can pass the mirror test (fogging the mirror by having the minimal skill of breathing).

Tax increases would be DOA at the federal level unless Bush caves by raising the Social Security cap for taxable income from $90K to $150K. His Treasury Secretary has been floating that idea as part of a bipartisan effort to “save” Social Security. If that happens, BOHICA to entrepreneurs in order to create a presidential legacy.

Might want to encourage your U.S. Senators to filibuster any such legislation so that Bush doesn’t get it to sign…unless you enjoy paying higher taxes with the hope that Uncle Sam will be solvent when you retire to pay you an abysmal rate of return on your investment (taxes).

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With an advanced international law degree from Georgetown University and more than 14 years of real world legal experience, Attorney Mike Young shows entrepreneurs how to protect and grow their businesses online. He's the author of Internet Marketing Legal Secrets Revealed. Not just a lawyer who focuses exclusively on Internet and marketing law, Mike’s been working with computers for more than 27 years (his first computer was an Atari 400 with 8 KiB RAM) and started representing Internet businesses back in 1996.