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Obama says banks should lend more to small businesses: Please God, no

Posted Oct 25th 2009 1:40PM by Zac Bissonnette (RSS feed)
Filed under: Politics, Financial Crisis

Terrifying talking points out of the White House this week: President Obama called on bailed-out banks to lend more money to small businesses.

Speaking on his weekly radio address, Obama said that "These are the very taxpayers who stood by America's banks in a crisis, and now it's time for our banks to stand by creditworthy small businesses and make the loans they need to open their doors, grow their operations and create new jobs."

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