The failure of an ideology that doesn’t govern for the people?
The latest data from the US Census Bureau Pulse survey* show that Texas small businesses were disproportionately hurt by the winter storms of February. The first wave of data from Phase 4 of the Small Business Pulse Survey arrived on February 25th – clearly showing the significant impact recent winter storms had on Texas.
There were, however, no questions about their impact on Cancun Ted Cruz’s taxpayer-funded vacation that was widely documented in the media. Consider that while Pulse was designed to measure changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, the SBPS also captures the impact of natural disasters on small business. The picture above documents the damage Texas Governments did to their own small businesses by letting big oil have its cheaper non-regulated way. Consider Houston – roughly 4,000 energy companies, are based there. A dozen of those companies are in the Fortune 500. Carbon fuel firms are like dinosaurs – doomed. The future is green energy supported by a national strategy and a national grid. Millions of jobs are at stake.
* Census Bureau Pulse survey
SBPS complements existing Census Bureau data collections by providing high-frequency, detailed information on the challenges that small businesses (those with 1-499 employees) are facing during the pandemic. The survey also includes information on small business operations, requests and receipt of assistance, capital expenditures and expectations for recovery.
SBPS has been conducted in 9-week phases: Phase 1 started in late April 2020; Phase 2 began in August; and Phase 3 started in November. In the first week of Phase 4, the survey was sent to approximately 100,000 businesses and about 25,000 responded. Data are available by sector, state and for the 50 most populous Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in addition to Puerto Rico, as well as sub-sector, state by sector and by employee size class.
Survey results provide local, state and federal officials essential up-to-date data to help them make informed policy decisions. The information also aids businesses in making economic decisions and assists researchers studying the economic effects of the pandemic.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
Winter Storms Clobber Texas Small Businesses Unduly
The failure of an ideology that doesn’t govern for the people?
The latest data from the US Census Bureau Pulse survey* show that Texas small businesses were disproportionately hurt by the winter storms of February. The first wave of data from Phase 4 of the Small Business Pulse Survey arrived on February 25th – clearly showing the significant impact recent winter storms had on Texas.
There were, however, no questions about their impact on Cancun Ted Cruz’s taxpayer-funded vacation that was widely documented in the media. Consider that while Pulse was designed to measure changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, the SBPS also captures the impact of natural disasters on small business. The picture above documents the damage Texas Governments did to their own small businesses by letting big oil have its cheaper non-regulated way. Consider Houston – roughly 4,000 energy companies, are based there. A dozen of those companies are in the Fortune 500. Carbon fuel firms are like dinosaurs – doomed. The future is green energy supported by a national strategy and a national grid. Millions of jobs are at stake.
* Census Bureau Pulse survey
SBPS complements existing Census Bureau data collections by providing high-frequency, detailed information on the challenges that small businesses (those with 1-499 employees) are facing during the pandemic. The survey also includes information on small business operations, requests and receipt of assistance, capital expenditures and expectations for recovery.
SBPS has been conducted in 9-week phases: Phase 1 started in late April 2020; Phase 2 began in August; and Phase 3 started in November. In the first week of Phase 4, the survey was sent to approximately 100,000 businesses and about 25,000 responded. Data are available by sector, state and for the 50 most populous Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in addition to Puerto Rico, as well as sub-sector, state by sector and by employee size class.
Survey results provide local, state and federal officials essential up-to-date data to help them make informed policy decisions. The information also aids businesses in making economic decisions and assists researchers studying the economic effects of the pandemic.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.