Thanks for posting, I'm really looking forward to seeing this grow into a meaningful discussion.

I'll get things started with the Small Business Administration, set to be cut by $43.2MM or 5% of overall budget.

In trying to analyze this, I get a little thrown off by the formatting of this document. They lay out the level of the cut to the budget at the top, then list all of the things that they are planning to do with the remaining money, which is giving me somewhat of an incomplete picture (unless I go back and review the previous year's budget I guess).

Anyway, this cut was a bit surprising to me, especially coming from an administration that has gone to great lengths to brand itself as "pro business".

Thoughts? And also, at a higher level what do you suppose should be government's role in supporting small businesses? THANKS!