Quote of the Day

Entrepreneurial activity in our economy is the mainspring of economic growth and gains in employment. These entrepreneurs also need help. A report released this week by the Kauffman Foundation found that entrepreneurs are impeded by four major obstacles — regulatory red tape, high costs of health care, burdensome litigation, and lack of skilled labor.

The first 100 hours of the new Congress are over, but Congress has yet to deal with major issues affecting economic growth and investor confidence. It is time to act — before investors face an even more serious decline in our stock markets.

~Economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth in the NY Sun "Markets' Problem is Politics"