Obama Suggests ‘Secretary of Business’ in a 2nd Term

WSJ ^ | October 29, 2012 | Carol E. Lee

[Psalm 144]

One secretary, three agencies and two dozen czars. And a partridge in a pear tree.

[Paine in the Neck]

[stephenjohnbanker]

It would have been a left wing college professor, but not to be. Obama is going down.

[Bubba_Leroy]

I agree that we should get rid of the nine different departments. I disagree that we should add more bureaucracy on top of what is already there.

[PGR88]

How about a Secretary of Propaganda a Secretary of Religion and a Secretary of Culture while you’re at it?

[impimp]

I may have to switch my support from Romney to Obama based on this news article. /s

[doyle]

What a ridiculous clown: the President of The United States of America is supposed to be our full-time “Secretary of Business”.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

“The business of government is not the government of business.”
- Anon

[TigersEye]

He even named his first choice. Wesley Mouch.

[RobinOfKingston]

Lard up the gubmint even more.

A department of education that does no educating!

A department of energy that produces no energy!

A department of agriculture that grows nothing!

A department of business that couldn’t run a lemonade stand!

The feral gubmint has become an invading and occupying force.

[Zakeet]

I had another big idea ... all by myself!

[The Sons of Liberty]

Obama Suggests ‘Secretary of Business’ in a 2nd Term

Might make sense if you combine the Labor Department (Sec of Labor) and Commerce Department (Sec of Commerce) and cut a bunch of deadbeat government employees and make it more efficient by cutting costs, but that certainly isn't Barry's style.

[Paine in the Neck]

Mission Statement

The U.S. Department of Commerce promotes job creation, economic growth, sustainable development and improved standards of living for all Americans by working in partnership with businesses, universities, communities and our nation’s workers. The department touches the daily lives of the American people in many ways, with a wide range of responsibilities in the areas of trade, economic development, technology, entrepreneurship and business development, environmental stewardship, and statistical research and analysis.

Right, Barry. We absolutely need a Dept. of Business.

What a clueless tool.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Where does he get weed that strong? Of course, he still thinks he won all three debates and that Smirkin’ Joe Crazier crushed Paul Ryan...

[Procyon]

Don’t we already have a department of commerce? What was it designed to do?

[2nd Amendment]

There should be at best 5 cabinet positions. Sec. of War, Sec. of Treasury, Sec. of State, Attorney Gen, and Sec. of UN disposal.

[Psalm 144]

I like your flow chart, and approve Secretary of War instead of Secretary of Defense. We have not conclusively won a war under any Secretary of ‘Defense’.