Small Business Needs A Consumer Protection Agency

Consumers continually suffer under the depredations of banks and credit card companies. But they are not the only sufferers. Margot Dorfman, President of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce, says that banks have cut lending to small business by 14 billion over the last year.

Small business often relies on credit cards, home equity loans and personal loans to finance their businesses. They are just as much as the mercy of the financial institutions as any individual.

Listen to what Ms. Dorfman has to say: