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Clinton puts focus on small business

Hillary Clinton plans to make pro-small business policies a focus of her presidential bid and will spend next week in Iowa and New Hampshire to begin sharing those ideas, a senior campaign official said Friday.

Clinton sees small businesses as being at a critical post-recession moment in which, with the right policies, they can thrive, the official said, and will outline her suggestions for ways to encourage risk-taking on Main Street over what the official described as irresponsible speculation on Wall Street.

Among her ideas: finding ways to cut red tape for small businesses and entrepreneurs; expanding access to capital; simplifying taxes and offering relief for business owners; and boosting their ability to export.

On Tuesday, she’ll discuss her proposals at a roundtable with small business owners in Cedar Rapids, after spending Monday at smaller events in north central Iowa. On Friday, she’ll meet with business owners in New Hampshire.

Clinton’s attention to small business, which the official said will be a constant throughout the campaign, is also a way for her to remind voters of her humble beginnings. Her father, Hugh Rodham, owned a small drapery business in their hometown of Park Ridge, Ill., just outside Chicago.

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