Hillary Clinton's plan for small business contains a potentially huge idea
Posted on AllSides May 20th, 2015
From The Left
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Being for small business in American politics is like having a favorable attitude toward Mom or apple pie. But campaigning in Iowa this week, Hillary Clinton's thus-far policy-light campaign rolled out the germ of a small-business idea that has big implications: the federal government should help smaller businesses by showing more favorable treatment to small banks.