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Obama is also making it easier to invest in small businesses and startups, according to the whitehouse blog:

"... a series of tax cuts for small businesses and tax incentives to encourage investments in small businesses. He noted further that in his budget, he proposes permanently reducing to zero the capital gains tax for investments in small or startup businesses"

Not sure how much investors care about taxes when they are investing in a startup, but it seems like this would make funding more available.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/03/16/Help-for-small-busin...