Obama Suggests ‘Secretary of Business’ in a Second Term (Fascism Alert!)

Wall Street Journal ^ | 10/29/12

[markomalley]

President Barack Obama signaled if he wins a second term he would appoint a Secretary of Business to oversee newly-consolidated government agencies, including the Small Business Administration, and predicted “a war” will break out within the Republican Party after the Nov. 6 election.

“We should have one Secretary of Business, instead of nine different departments that are dealing with things like giving loans to SBA or helping companies with exports,” Mr. Obama said in an interview that aired Monday on MSNBC. “There should be a one-stop shop.”

[BuffaloJack]

If he needs a Secretary of Business then what does the Secretary of Commerce do?

[ALPAPilot]

Awesome: government by synonym. Departments of Commerce, Trade, Business, Economic Exchange, Free Enterprise, Capitalism; Labor, Work, Toil, etc.

[txrefugee]

Maybe he has another Communist pal who needs a job. Van Jones and Valerie Jarrett have a list of fellow travelers he could consult.

[KC_Conspirator]

Like that charlatan Paul Krugman.

[UnwashedPeasant]

He will take Crony Capitalism to a whole new level. Solyndra times a million.

[unixfox]

I guess we can also expect him to enact the “Fair Share Law”.

Atlas Shrugged...

[rod1]

Exactly. He wants central, total control.

[penelopesire]

So will he close the Commerce Department?

Fascist!

[Mr Ramsbotham]

That would be the equivalent of “Secretary of Judaism” in a Hitler administration.

[bigbob]

That’s not a “Fascism Alert” as much as a “Chronically Clueless Alert”. The good news is, we can stand down on such foolishness before much longer.

[catnipman]

“He’d appoint some college professor to the post.”

I’m thinking Wesley Mouch would be perfect.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Sig !

[Last Dakotan]

We already have a cabinet level department that deals with business. It is called the Department of Commerce.

Consolidate and close the rest.

[CThomasFan]

According to the constitution the fed govt doesnt have jurisdiction to oversee business, only interstate commerce. The establishment of the office should be declared unconstitutional. It belongs to the states explicitly.

[stoneyhll]

I nominate Wesley Mouch for the position.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

This is the first time this nonsense is coming up. He's clearly flailing around looking for something. Everyone views him as anti-business — because he is. So he flails around with trivial nonsense like this. Its a clear sign of desperation.

[drpix]

How appropriately Orwellian for the Commie in the White House!

To better continue the Obama campaign to destroy FREE enterprise businesses of cause the Regime needs a Secretary and department or Ministry of Business... a la Ministry of Truth and the Ministry of Plenty.

[Disambiguator]

What we really need is a Secretary of “Stay the Eff out of the Way.”

Ronald Reagan said it best (paraphrased), “Government isn’t the solution, Government is the problem.”

[Lazamataz]

Не розкуркулення... Истребление.

[Crucial]

The only place where there should be more daylight is this administration’s reach and the private American citizen.