Can you say the honeymoon is over if the wedding never really happened? Probably not.
Business is irked with President Obama, according to some sources. There’s just something about that guy — maybe it’s his policies, maybe it’s how he talks about fixing the economy. Maybe it’s just his political party.
Whatever the reason, a report from Reuters says patience is wearing thin.
“Business is ambivalent about the Obama administration. I think the jury is still out,” Cam Fine, head of the Independent Community Bankers of America, told Reuters.
This general sense of annoyance pairs well with an underlying sense of unrest apparent in rhetoric surrounding small-business lending. I blogged yesterday about this study — and here’s a passage that shows how some view the government’s plans to help small business.
“Surveyed owners and top management believe small businesses will lead the country out of recession,” according to the study’s authors. “Yet they feel they will achieve these feats in spite of, rather than assisted by, support from the federal government.”
Know a small business you think we should write about? Contact Herald writer Amy Rolph at arolph@heraldnet.com.
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