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Economy
President Obama: U.S. Gotten a Bit "Lazy" on Attracting Businesses
2011-11-13
President Obama said that the United States has gotten a "little bit lazy" when it comes to bringing in new businesses in to the states. He made the comments at a CEO summit as part of the APEC conference Saturday, when asked by Boeing CEO James McNerney about looking at the world from a Chinese perspective and what they might consider as impediments to investing.
"you proles aren't working hard enough"
Obama said it's important to remember that the U.S. is still the largest receiver of Chinese loans foreign investment in the world and things like stability, openness and innovative free market culture are attractive. He also said there are a lot of things that make foreign investors see the U.S. as a great opportunity - like stability, openness, our innovative free market culture.

"But we've been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades. We've kind of taken for granted -- well, people will want to come here and we aren't out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new business into America, Obama said.
If the NLRB approves of it
He then went on to say things his administration has done like setting up Select USA that organizes government agencies in an attempt to make it easier for foreign investors to set up a plant in the U.S.
as long as it's a Union Shop
Posted by:Frank G

#9  President Obama said that the United States has gotten a "little bit lazy" when it comes to bringing in new businesses in to the states.

WTF? Does that make it an advertising problem?

The government has been working very hard at screwing things up. Carefully covering their tracks and a$$es.

Leave the people alone and things work fine.

Last time I checked, entrepreneurs were very careful about starting businesses. Prospective business hosts don't have to do anything, entrepreneurs will come to them.

Try again, Obean. We're not so stupid as to believe this, even though you would like to think we are.
Posted by: gorb   2011-11-13 23:09  

#8  O can say the most infuriating things. Lazy? He should try to make a living with his economic insights! Let me explain, O, not everyone has a friend at the Whitehouse to give them a 500 million dollar deal to ride out this mess.
Posted by: whatadeal   2011-11-13 21:48  

#7  Translation: "holy crap. I am just now figuring out that all the wealth I planned to redistribute does not grow on trees. Why didn't they mention that in my senior seminar on Social Justice?! Or maybe it did, one of those days I was out, heh, smokin ganjaweed. Oops. We Americans sure are lazy!"
Posted by: RandomJD   2011-11-13 21:21  

#6  Huh? Investor confidence tanked in October 2008. Obama has done nothing to restore same. However, unless real solutions are posed, he could weasel himself back in.

Ohio was half-red/half-blue; now it is 90% blue. Unions who gouge unearned pension benefits were able to swamp the Limbaugh-Beck regurgitate. Why is President-Catastrophe still in a position of strength?
Posted by: Shose Flolusing6941   2011-11-13 21:07  

#5  It is mindless governmental regulations that are choking off business.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-11-13 19:05  

#4  So says the dip$hit who has set a Presidential record for vacations and golf.....
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2011-11-13 16:54  

#3  Look in the mirror, O. If you see a reflection, then that reflection is the cause of the loss of confidence of business people to invest in new business.

If no reflection, then there is a vampire loose somewhere sucking out the life blood of the nation.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2011-11-13 14:42  

#2  The reverse is true: The US has gotten very, very good at repelling and destroying businesses.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-11-13 13:51  

#1  We've also gotten inexcusably lazy picking our leaders.
Posted by: Iblis   2011-11-13 13:07  

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