The story of the Small Business Administration in America - a sacred cow in American politics, despite its history of scandals and policy failures. Part of the sacredness comes from the agency's record of pioneering affirmative action, but traditional "mom and pop" shops don't n…
David Stockman, Ronald Reagan's budget director, proclaimed the Small Business Administration a ""billion-dollar waste -- a rathole, "" and set out to abolish the agency. His scathing critique was but the latest attack on an agency better known as the ""Small Scandal Administrat…
"Created by Congress in 1953, the SBA does not conform to traditional interpretations of interests-group democracy. Even though the public - and Congress - favors small enterprise, there has never been a unified group of small business owners requesting the government's help. In…