Posted on 01/07/2011 10:01:58 AM PST by ColdOne
President Obama took on the role of business consultant on Friday, asking businesses not to hesitate on making investments so that they can help the economy recover quicker.
"Now is the time to act," Obama said at a window manufacturer in Maryland after announcing new economic advisers. "If you are planning or thinking about making investments sometime in the future, make those investments now, and you're going to save money. And that will help us grow the economy. It will help you grow your business."
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“Please please please pleas PLEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAse create some jobs now so I can be re-elected president for 4 more years..”
The dimmest bulb in the room tells Klieg lights how to shine.
My, my, my just look how fast two years have flown by...
I think I can wait until Obama is out of office to proceed with my growth plans. In the meantime, I’ll prepare.
“asking businesses not to hesitate on making investments so that they can help the economy recover quicker.”
Dear Leader’s insight into human nature may even be more deficient than his understanding of the nature of business.
After trashing Big Business and CEO’s for two years now he crawls to them for favors.
Can you say, “Bend Over Obie?”
Let’s hope they do not use vaseline!!!!!
It starts with pleading, but his new Chief of Staff will quickly move to The Godfather tactics.
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Absolutely Pathetic, watching a grown up man-child whine: priceless!
As all liberals know, businesses exist for the purposes of taxation and for creating employment. They haven’t been doing their jobs recently...
It’s so funny, I may throw up.
Unbelievable! I can’t fathom that there wasn’t at least one person in the room with the guts to tell Obama that his own administration’s policies are a large reason for the business community’s hesitancy to extend themselves.
Atlas shrugged election night 2008. I knew small and medium business owners who had there job cuts ready that night. People with money stopped spending as I pass their homes every day because they are my neighbors on the rich side of the street.
Sadly - idiots who watch TV are too stupid to pull the propaganda plug. As long as he controls Tva nd idiots watch - he is safe.
As a business owner myself my response to that is "Screw You A$$hole!!""
I will NOT gamble my hard earned shiny on just your word you have my back.
I would normally say I trust you as far as I could throw you, but being I'm a big guy and could chuck your skinny black ass across my office I won't even go that far.
There are Four factors involved in deciding to invest:
1. Stability - most important factor, will things change, what are the possibilities?
2. Expectation of Growth/Savings - Why invest in more equipment if you don’t see it has growth to pay for the investment? Otherwise you would only invest if there is significant savings by buying the new equipment.
3. Cost of Investment - How does the cost compare to the expected return? (This is the area Obama is working in)
4. Access to Cash - obvious
Obama continues to only address one of the levers required to ignite the economy.
It is like watching a clumsy clown fiddling with the controls of a crane.
How pathetic.
That's what I see.
Business leaders have been holding back, because they just don't know what the government will do next. There is too much uncertainty, so risk management cannot properly be performed. I think Obama is saying "Spend the money. Make the economy grow. If you don't do it now, voluntarily, there's just no way of knowing what I might do next!"
Quite the wrong message to send.
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