{"id":1031,"date":"2009-11-19T10:48:03","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T10:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/the-franchise-king-is-not-being-paranoid\/"},"modified":"2013-07-28T04:39:58","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T04:39:58","slug":"the-franchise-king-is-not-being-paranoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/the-franchise-king-is-not-being-paranoid","title":{"rendered":"The Franchise King\u00ae Is Not Being Paranoid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> <span style=\"font-size: 19px;\"> <span style=\"color: #c00000; font-size: 19px;\">Small Business Loans Drop By $10 Billion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">(From CNN.com, today)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&quot;Some banks are unapologetic about their cutbacks. Small business<br \/>\ndefaults are soaring, and banks are under pressure to shore up their<br \/>\nbalance sheets and reduce their exposure to risky loans. Two key small<br \/>\nbusiness lenders, CIT Group and Advanta, filed for bankruptcy this<br \/>\nmonth.&quot;<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #c00000;\"><span style=\"color: #111111;\">This is not paranoia. This is reality.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c00000;\">I have been telling folks this for the last month via;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Radio programs<\/li>\n<li>Interviews<\/li>\n<li>Blog articles<\/li>\n<li>Phone consults<\/li>\n<li>Franchise seminars<\/li>\n<li>Social media<\/li>\n<li>WhiteHouse.Gov<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some folks feel that I am sometimes a little negative. <\/p>\n<p>Some folks feel that I speak the truth-even if it<em> is<\/em> negative.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small Business Loans Drop By $10 Billion (From CNN.com, today) &#8220;Some banks are unapologetic about their cutbacks. Small business defaults are soaring, and banks are under pressure to shore up their balance sheets and reduce their exposure to risky loans. 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