Askinosie to talk small business on Fox Business Network

The show airs at 6 p.m. and is viewable on satellite television.

Askinosie, a criminal defense attorney and founder of nine-month-old Askinosie Chocolate, says the House-approved stimulus package isn’t what small businesses need. The package, which has yet to gain Senate approval, would provide businesses with accelerated depreciation and increased tax write-offs for capital investments.

“If Congress thinks that small businesses who might be having trouble are going to make strategic planning decisions based on accelerated write-offs and another deduction or two, it’s shortsighted,” Askinosie said from his cell phone en route to Kansas City, where he’ll appear on TV via satellite. “I need them to spend more time thinking about ways they can reduce bureaucracy in my business. I need a congressional stay-out-of-my-business package.”

Askinosie also plans to mention that small businesses shouldn’t wait for help from Congress – they need to be innovative in coming up with their own solutions, he said. He points to Askinosie Chocolate’s recent order from Sweden to take advantage of the falling dollar and boost the U.S. economy as an example.

“(Small businesses) have to use what I call business judo,” Askinosie said. “We need to let the weight and force of the problem be the momentum that we use to provide a solution.”

Askinosie Chocolate is holding an event at 2:30 p.m. Friday at its 514 E. Commercial St. to officially announce its first international order to Sweden.