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Small business advocates frequently complain that the companies that need credit can’t get it. Three years ago, President Obama signed the Small Business Jobs Act into law, in part to help finance ventures that banks won’t touch. (To be clear, we’re talking about the law containing a collection of tax cuts, lending programs, and other measures intended to boost small businesses, not the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, which is a more recent law that may eventually lead to equity crowdfunding.)