Politicians are not paid to create jobs, nor is it really their area of expertise, so why trust their judgement? I think the people who run companies (not just CEOs) are vastly more qualified to intelligently discuss job creation than most politicians.
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > If those CEOs were actually paid to create jobs, I would agree. But > they aren't, therefore it isn't really (necessarily) their area of > expertise. > > Judah > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I would think that the people who run the companies that would >> actually be creating the jobs might have a better idea than >> politicians would about how to create jobs. >> >> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: >>> >>> Uh, yeah, like CEOs of big companies know dick about fiscal >>> responsibility and job creation. >>> >>> You must be a big fan of Carly Fiorina who is campaigning about >>> understanding business and job creation after she drove HP into the >>> ground, cashed out big and has spent $120 million dollars to trail in >>> the polls to a has-been ex governor. >>> >>> Judah >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> CEOs feel under siege and that is holding the economy back. Here are a >>>> few gems below. I especially like what Rodgers from Cypress Semi said, >>>> maybe because it is what I have been saying for the past two years. >>>> >>>> http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/CompanyFocus/why-CEOs-cannot-stand-obama.aspx >>>> >>>> Consider the following attacks on Obama and the Democrats in recent months: >>>> >>>> * Intel CEO Paul Otellini, referring to Obama and the Democrats, >>>> said in an August speech to the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen >>>> Forum, "I think this group does not understand what it takes to create >>>> jobs." >>>> >>>> * Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg, in a June speech at the Economic >>>> Club of Washington, accused Obama of creating an "increasingly hostile >>>> environment for investment and job creation." >>>> >>>> * Cypress Semiconductor's Rodgers told me last week that he had >>>> "started out happy with Obama because we had broken through the white >>>> male barrier" and made "a step forward for equality." But Rodgers >>>> added: "I have become deeply disappointed with him. It is amateur hour >>>> in Washington. The guy hasn't got a clue about the economy, how jobs >>>> are created, how wealth is created. It reminds me of the Jimmy Carter >>>> years, only worse." >>>> >>>> * Blackstone Group CEO Steven Schwarzman seemed to compare the >>>> Obama administration to Hitler by saying in a recent private meeting >>>> that Washington's push to increase taxes on private-equity firms is >>>> war, "like when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939," according to N >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327726 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
