It smacks of financial eavesdropping. It's not our role -- we're a service provider to small businesses. This proposal would put the credit card banks in a very strange position.

Banks are concerned that there's a new breed of credit union evolving that's not the credit union of old. As long as it's fair competition and public policy hasn't skewed the marketplace, bankers are happy to compete with anyone.

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It began as a small beautification project. We installed potted flowers. Then the businesses jumped in and began lobbying with the city to expand the project to a grander scale.

Small businesses drive this economy and it is unacceptable that the President's budget proposal does not give them the tools they need to be successful.

It smacks of cronyism,