Posted on 01/15/2015 2:00:12 PM PST by jazusamo
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said today that President Obama knows how to run small businesses better than small business owners.
Asked what the White House message to small business owners who are concerned Obama's proposed new mandatory paid sick leave policy could hurt their bottom line, Earnest replied, "I think the president would have a different view which is to say that this is good business and I think there are any number of examples I can site for you where businesses have chosen to put in place these policies and it's served to reduce the turnover associated with their employees, but also increase their employees productivity."
In his State of the Union next Tuesday, Obama will call on Congress to pass new legislation mandating that all employers give all employees seven paid sick days a year.
Also on Thursday, Obama also signed a Presidential Memoranda, directing all federal agencies to give federal workers six weeks of paid paternal leave for parents with a new child. Obama's own Council of Economic Advisers estimates that this policy will cost taxpayers at least $250 million in just the first year .
Obama also will call on Congress to pass similar legislation forcing all American companies to offer the same six weeks of paid paternal leave, although the White House did not say how much money this would cost the nation's employers.
Obama's humble view of his own skills at running other people's businesses is perfectly in line with his assessment of his political skills. Obama famously told his speechwriter Patrick Gaspard in 2008, "I think that I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m gonna think I’m a better political director than my political director."
There is nothing more discouraging than ignorance in action.
BTTT!
he didn’t build that
the only thing...the ONLY thing Obama knows how to RUN is his MOUTH!
He sounds like Kim Un Jong who, as he told us, once made 18 holes in one on the golf course.
Well it was mentioned that he stole ice cream ... giving it away for free to kids ...
Voted in by the ignorant too.
How does it improve productivity if they are out of work longer?
Of that I have no doubt.
I’d say Josh has found Monica’s old kneepads and isn’t letting them sit idle!
Yep.
How is free stuff* and mandating others give free stuff* supposed to pass for an “economic plan”??
“Gross Margin? Is that when it’s dirty on the sides of the paper?”
I dunno, with McConnell and Boehner running the opposition party I think there is actually a good chance to see this and free college* pass or be allowed to happen without actually being passed.
As JJ once said, the only thing he has ever run was his mouth...............
Yeah, look how well it’s worked for Chavez and Maduro, 0bama is right along with them.
Of course, absolutely none of this is the business of the federal government.
The dumbest people are the ones who never realize how dumb they are.
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