Bob Dole


June 1996

Inc.'s editor-in-chief presents polling results of CEOs concerning who they support in the 1996 presidential race.  Read story

Behind The Flat-tax Debate

This year's tax battle in Congress could be a dress rehearsal for 1988.  Read story

Congress Versus the Bureaucrats

The president of the National Assoc. of Manufacturers explains changes he sees underway in Washington, D.C.  Read story

Fear Of Capitalism

Entrepreneurism is the most creative -- and revolutionary -- activity in the American economy. Most politicians would just as soon do without it.  Read story

Crucial Small Business Votes In Congress

SENATE Republican Policy Committee John Tower (Tex.), chairman Robert Dole (Kans.) Pete Domenici (N. Mex.) Orrin Hatch (Utah...  Read story

Bills, Bills, Bills

The well-prepared Washington business lobbyist always keeps a couple of new tax cuts or deregulatory schemes in his suit pocket just in case a selling opp...  Read story

Motion Without Movement

A diary of official Washington in the midst of an economic crisis  Read story

Intensive Care For Nursing Pay

Skilled Nursing Inc., a temporary-staffing service, matches 170 Philadelphia-area nurses with hospitals that need extra help for intensive-care wards. Th...  Read story

Franchising The Mails

There is at least one government official who advocates getting the private sector involved in mail delivery, and some businesspeople agree with him.  Read story

Taxing Questions For The '80s

Every so often this country witnesses a burst of creative citizenship. Ordinary folks, fed up with their leaders' solutions for the nation's woes, insist ...  Read story

Democrat Bruce Babbitt

An Arizona governor rejects both the industrial-policy gurus of the Left and the supply-siders of the Right. Meet the candidate of the radical center  Read story

Survey

Survey responses from Inc. 500 CEOs on a variety of small business and economic issues.  Read story

Brief Profiles of 2002 Inc 500 Companies

Unusual stories and interesting statistics about companies on the 2002 Inc 500 list.  Read story

Why Small Business Lost On The Tax Bill

Looking back on the tax fight that occupied Congress and the Administration throughout the summer, lobbyists and even some legislators contend that small ...  Read story

Now for the Good News

Inc.'s finance editor explains why CEOs should take advantage of current 401(K) programs.  Read story

America's Favorite Hometown Businesses

When it comes to businesses that are charming, idiosyncratic, and lovable, Main Street still has a monopoly. To celebrate America's great unsung small compan...  Read story

Polishing The Apple

Federal legislation might have given computer companies a tax break for giving equipment to schools. But the bill stirred up its share of controversy.  Read story

News from the Front

Four months after a former CEO went to work in the Commerce Dept., he quit. Here's his opinion on Washington now.  Read story

A Farewell To Arms

How the cancellation of just one weapons program closed a major defense contractor and left hundreds of suppliers in the lurch  Read story

QA With Charlie Cook

Few business owners would make the claim that "fear, uncertainty and change are our three major food groups," but then again there are even fewer that wou...  Read story

The Great Persuader

Each February, Inphonic CEO David A. Steinberg holds a poker party for his top executives at Washington, D.C.'s Historic George Town Club. As a reward f...  Read story

"I'm John Burgess. I'm Here to Help You"

International Profit Associates, a two-time Inc. 500 winner, became a $100 million company by selling $20,000 consulting jobs to thousands of small ...  Read story

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