{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 208: \u201cWage\u201ding War","description":"Federal policies have been hitting small businesses particularly hard. From the lockdown to heightened IRS scrutiny to an increased minimum wage to an expanded estate tax, many federal policies harm small businesses more than corporations and so jeopardizes the livelihoods of almost half of American workers. Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now! http:\/\/www.cooperationandcoercion.com Show Your Support for Words &amp;amp; Numbers at Patreon https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wordsandnumbers Quick Hits Chick-fil-A  https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/south-carolina-chick-fil-a-manager-covid-19-vaccine-drive-thru Dodger Stadium  https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/dodger-stadiums-covid-19-vaccination-233339650.html Foolishness of the Week Impeachment 1  https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/30\/us\/politics\/trump-butch-bowers-impeachment.html Impeachment 2https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/30\/politics\/butch-bowers-deborah-barbier-trump-impeachment-team\/index.html Topic of the Week The War on Small Businesseshttps:\/\/insidesources.com\/the-war-on-small-business\/ Minimum Wage Costs 1.3 Million Jobshttps:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/07\/08\/cbo-says-15-federal-minimum-wage-will-cost-1-3-million-jobs\/ List of Minimum Wage Peer-Reviewed Researchhttps:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1fbSTGYQP5ObsEMjgbDWB2W8pgz64XZS5\/view?usp=sharing The Economics of the Estate Tax  https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1SrMWCAq-HfJdRGBjjQ7kr-KMTGlJjKvX\/view?usp=sharing Survey of Businesses Owners on the Effect of the Estate Taxhttps:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1741-6248.1996.00303.x Union Contracts Tied to Minimum Wagehttps:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/edrensi\/2017\/01\/19\/why-it-is-that-unions-fund-the-fight-for-15\/ States to Tax Stimulus Loan Forgiveness  https:\/\/advocacy.sba.gov\/2020\/11\/03\/some-states-may-tax-forgiven-ppp-loan-proceeds\/ IRS Targeting Small Businesses  https:\/\/www.cpapracticeadvisor.com\/tax-compliance\/news\/21205514\/irs-expected-to-audit-more-small-businesses-in-2021 Join the Conversation Words &amp;amp; Numbers Backstage https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/130029457649243\/ Let Us Know What You Think mailto:wordsandnumberspodcast@gmail.com Antony Davies on Twitter https:\/\/twitter.com\/antonydavies James R. Harrigan on Twitter https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesRHarrigan ","author_name":"Words &amp; Numbers","author_url":"http:\/\/wordsandnumbers.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17803964\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/95014502"}