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As Obama puts the squeeze on Small Business Loans by cutting off a bank with a history of being friendly to small business he hurts us some more. Now as Congress starts their talk of Payroll over $250.000.00 means you pay a healthy chunk, they rock our confidence in future profits. That means in an economy that is in a recession, small business works at its lowest profit levels ever. We employ the highest number of people in the country, but we are not communicating with each other. Small Business needs to become a Political Voice made up of people that believe in our current system. This group of people will come from each political party in our country otherwise it will not work. How we go about it is up to us. The Internet is the tool for this to snowball into the largest grass root effort to elect a President ever seen. We need help in getting together online. Make sure you listen to the whole video its great.

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This is s a reprint from my other blog July 19,2009.This is when we started thinking that this situation was hopeless. “President Obama has fallen down on his campaign promise in Toledo Ohio on October 13,2008. That is when he said “Last Friday I proposed a small business rescue plan, that would create an emergency lending fund to lend money directly to small businesses that need cash for their payrolls or to buy inventory.” In that same speech he also said “If Congress does not act in the coming months, it will be one of the first things I do as President of the United States of America.” Small Business Loans are a thing of the past so I guess Obama made his stance with Small Business. We need a fiscally conservative President In 2012 and we need to find that person now and small business needs to get this person elected.” When will we start seeing orders based on this vast bank bailout?

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This is always a hard one for people, you spend your entire adult life working in one trade and then you need to make a change, where do you go? I have been doing a lot of reading to help guide me to the next part of my life. Now I think through the comments from friends and family, and this blog that I will figure out a way to do something in this industry that has treated me  so well for so long. As one old customer told me when he called me the other day ” your my private woodworking encyclopedia”  He sure has helped in this decision to keep writing and to see where this blog goes. I think it is headed into do it yourself articles by me and experts in other areas of construction.  We will also do some reports on the great new tools out there for homeowners. We will show you the best source in your town for hardwoods. All kinds of stuff. What do you want to see? Let me know or let me know if you are in the trades and you want to post a article yourself. The guy who did this sculpture started out doing this for fun.

Dam yesterday was tough. The last day after thirty years it did not seem good. This is not what I had intended as my exit plan. I don’t even know why I am writing today it is a habit I seem to have. We had a lot of fun with this blog and why not it is a down home blog, we have written about personal things along with our business stuff. We did a lot of community stuff like back in 2008 we gave away 132 king size cherry wood sleigh beds to victims of the Witch Fire. There are memories of the giveaway that I will not ever forget. The customers we have had through the years have been great some have become very good friends and we will miss seeing them. One regret is that my grandson was not old enough to ever do a project in the “big shop”. I will dream up a piece of furniture that him and I can build at home, wait a minute isn’t that how this all started 30 years ago with my son? Today’s photo shows my grandson pursuing my favorite pastime I wonder if he has my passion for building stuff?

Today we close our doors after thirty years of business. The economic downturn has finished us off. We currently have no business booked for next year and have no quotes out. So myself and what is left of the crew head to unemployment. This has been a sad year it seems like each month since  our man Obama was sworn in I saw a little more of my business fall off. The Man has done a disservice to Small Business Well enough about him and the Leftist movement in our Country This is not a fun time I was not ever prepared to close my doors and walk away with nothing, I mean this business was my retirement plan and at age 57 time is not on my side when it comes to putting together a new plan for retirement. Stop crying and move on. I must say that I will miss building things but oh well. Not sure what we are going to do with the blog , we have a lot of readers and maybe we will do a cabinet and furniture resource center . Who knows . Look for my giant machinery and supply sale in December. Thanks for your support for all these years. and don’t forget to check out elect a conservative. As usual your comments are needed  and appreciated.