C7 · Pillar C · Growth Acceleration
Small business capital and regional development
Modernize SBA lending, expand CDFI infrastructure, continue Tech Hubs, complete rural broadband, and target small-business formation in distressed regions.
- 10-year fiscal
- +$100B costInvestment
- Implementation
- Years 1–10
- Middle class
- Positive in target regions
- Planetary
- Neutral to positive
$80B–$150B · Medium-High confidence
Neutral on average nationally; concentrated where capital access is thinnest.
Depends on the sector mix in regional investments.
Global precedent
Germany’s Mittelstand support (KfW, Sparkassen); Italy’s industrial districts; UK regional growth deals.
Lead mechanism
SBA; Commerce (EDA); Treasury (CDFI Fund).
Bipartisan framing
Broadly bipartisan, especially when framed around regional and rural development.
Figures in this framework are illustrative directional estimates derived from publicly available data and conventional Congressional Budget Office budget-window logic. They are not official CBO scores. Any provision adopted from this framework would require formal CBO scoring before legislative consideration. This document is a policy white paper, not an introduced bill.