“The irony is, is that on the left we are perceived as being in the pockets of big business; and then on the business side, we are perceived as being anti-business,” Obama said in a Feb. 9 interview in the Oval Office with Bloomberg BusinessWeek, which will appear on newsstands tomorrow. This from Bloomberg.com, here.
Not an irony at all, Mr. President. You are in Wall Street’s pocket, just check out the Wall Street political contributions. And, you make deals with rent-seeking big business, just witness the drug price deals you made with big pharma. So the perception of the left, as you call it, is correct.
As to your pursuing a “fundamentally business-friendly agenda” and being a “fierce advocate” of the free market, all I can say is, Bull Shit! If you call your Obamacare, free market, or Cap-N-Trade, business friendly, I think you are hopelessly ignorant.
Perhaps you think the EPA’s proposed regulation of carbon dioxide is business friendly to those businesses in international competition. Or, your recent appointment of autocrat Craig Becker to the NLRB helpful to the US economy. How about your stimulus of liberal democratic interests, auto company bailouts and takeovers, or union card-check proposal? No, Mr. President, a free-market advocate you are not!
You are a big government statist. Please remember that distinction! I know this is hard since you have never held a real job, but please try!
Tom Motherway