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Obama to appeal to business leaders on raising the debt ceiling
President Obama will appeal to business leaders on Wednesday, calling on them to press lawmakers to raise the U.S. debt limit during “fiscal cliff” negotiations.
Obama, who will meet with executives from the Business Roundtable on Wednesday, hopes to avoid another protracted fight over the debt ceiling and has sought to include it in ongoing deficit talks.
“The president will highlight why it would hurt our economy and our nation’s businesses if we do not find a solution to avoid another debt-ceiling crisis, and will ask the business leaders for their help in supporting an approach that resolves the debt limit without drama or delay,” said a White House official, according to a report from Reuters.
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Lord, I hope these business leaders give Obama a piece of their minds. But I am not optimistic.
rockmom on December 5, 2012 at 10:57 AM
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appeal tobuy business leaders on raising the debt ceilingrhombus on December 5, 2012 at 10:58 AM
The same business leaders, the rich people with the corporate jets, he’s spent years demonizing? Hope they tell him to f off.
changer1701 on December 5, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Bussiness leaders to Obama: Get rid of Obamacare and we will increase the debt celling by $100 Billion.
Oil Can on December 5, 2012 at 10:59 AM
I hope any of them who plans to explain the folly of this to Dear Leader has their taxes completely in order.
CurtZHP on December 5, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Obama is insane … so are business leaders if they meet with him.
The only reason he’s calling them there is to threaten them. He doesn’t want their support … he demands their undying allegiance.
darwin on December 5, 2012 at 11:02 AM
I betcha they dare not give him a piece of their mind. He who controls the IRS controls the future. And groups like Color of Change are always at the ready with boycotts should these businesses have incorrect thoughts.
Buy Danish on December 5, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Obama’s method is completely antithetical to the goal of business of enjoying the fruits of one’s own labors. According to Obama, business and everyone else works for the State. In Obama’s world, we’re slaves, working for him. Our hopes, dreams, aspirations, they’re just props in his scheme to redistribute wealth. I’m seeing this more clearly as time goes on.
Paul-Cincy on December 5, 2012 at 11:07 AM
I can not believe any business would go along with what bho has in mind on the debt ceiling! More taxes on everything they make, more taxes on dividends they give to investors, bhocare will eat their lunch on taxes, regulation through the roof, more money paid for all the new irs tax krap, etc etc.!
Those business leader would be nuts to go along with bho, period! Unless bho will give them one of his foto’s waivers?
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letget on December 5, 2012 at 11:07 AM
P.S. You didn’t build that. Someone else made that happen.
Paul-Cincy on December 5, 2012 at 11:08 AM
Monopoly money for everyone!
forest on December 5, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Will this be televised, or another one of those secret closed-door “smoke-filled room” meetings Daley Machine representatives have always prided themselves on?
Let me guess…
logis on December 5, 2012 at 11:17 AM
Business people who fall for it are derelict to business and need to be thrown out, if there is a board.
Schadenfreude on December 5, 2012 at 11:19 AM
“We voted for you; now, bail us out” — Detroit
God damned fools rule. Starve the Looters!!!
Schadenfreude on December 5, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Let’s be blunt in our definitions here:
Business leaders who go along with his majesty – Collaborators.
Does anyone really believe that we can veer off the dead-end road we’re on?
We don’t have a choice in the country’s direction – the looters have voted for the nation’s descent into the pit of Marxism.
The only choice we have in how we deal with the speed of this decline.
Galt2009 on December 5, 2012 at 11:21 AM
http://energycommerce.house.gov/press-release/committee-report-reveals-great-fallacy-obama-white-house-transparency
In 2008, then-Senator Obama promised that all health-care negotiations would take place on C-SPAN. However, the committee’s findings contradict the president’s rhetoric on transparency.
Paul-Cincy on December 5, 2012 at 11:21 AM
It would be proper if one of these business leaders explained to the Idiot that if one of their employees spent billions of dollars with zero accountablility or balance, they would be immediately fired. They would not have a sit-down with that employee to discuss how to repeat the mistake. Someone has to have the nerve to explain Business 101 to our drunken sailor president.
sherry on December 5, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Galt2009 on December 5, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Business “leaders” are put in charge of their company for one reason: to ensure the profitability and longevity of their corporation.
When business leaders are forced to deal with Big Government they will try to get a “seat at the table,” because they have no choice if they want to prosper in this political climate, and because doing so gives them a huge advantage over smaller companies with less access to the technocrats.
In other words, just because the free market is under assault doesn’t mean that big corporations will just pack it in, they will try to use Big Government to their advantage, and to their competition’s disadvantage.
This is one of the many, many “unseen” negative side effects of Big Government. The market (aka the people) do not pick winners and losers: the government does.
visions on December 5, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Business leaders who go along with his majesty – Collaborators.
They should treated as such.
Galt2009 on December 5, 2012 at 11:33 AM
They should be treated as such.
Galt2009 on December 5, 2012 at 11:33 AM
I don’t know if this is true, but it seems to be what bho/team has/is doing to businesses? This could, I said could, be coming?
http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/obamas-next-targets-walmart-best-buy/
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letget on December 5, 2012 at 11:37 AM
Big business and big government go hand in hand in this nation.
astonerii on December 5, 2012 at 11:38 AM
OMG! They are insane!
txhsmom on December 5, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Heh
Schadenfreude on December 5, 2012 at 11:58 AM
The fool CEOs of WalMart and of Costco supported Obama and raked in dough for him. Boycott!
Schadenfreude on December 5, 2012 at 12:00 PM
Add it all up, fools, and it’s only Dec. 5, 2012. Next year will be lots of Schadenfreude.
Schadenfreude on December 5, 2012 at 12:01 PM
The snotty arrogant brat bho gave the press the boot at this event! See what he says about them!
http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2012/12/05/obama-boots-press-event-they-probably-got-enough-there-spin-story
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letget on December 5, 2012 at 12:40 PM