The only thing most tech CEOs who are currently running in California know about jobs is how to outsource them.
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:327737 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
