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President Barack Obama called on U.S. businesses on Saturday to do more to boost the economy by hiring more workers and making investments.

The government has an obligation to make the United States the best place to do business, by providing the best schools, incentives to innovate and the best infrastructure, he said, but added that businesses also have to do their part.

"If we make America the best place to do business, businesses should make their mark in America," Obama said in his weekly radio address. "They should set up shop here, and hire our workers, and pay decent wages and invest in the future of this nation. That's their obligation."

“Government and businesses have mutual responsibilities,” he said. “If we fulfill these obligations together, it benefits us all. Our workers will succeed. Our nation will prosper.”




okay, just, wow. first off, the president is right about one thing. if america is the best place to do business, then companies will set up shop here. so what does it say that companies have been fleeing our shores? perhaps that america isn't the most attractive place to do business?

but really, to me, these quotes seem to highlight obama's vision of crony-capitalism/state-capitalism/economic socialism/the chinese model, in which government and enterprise are in business together. mutual responsibilities? are you kidding me? the only responsibility a business has is to its shareholders. the only responsibility business has is to make money. that's their only reason for being in existence. not to hire workers and make investments just to be nice. it's not their job to improve our country, that's the government's job. businesses doesn't owe anything to anyone, other than to turn a profit. if there's a need for more workers (i.e. if there business is booming), then they'll hire more workers. if there's a reason to invest (i.e. the promise of future returns), then they will invest. but not to make the country a better place. they're not elected to get people to work.

how about next time you go to mcdonald's, you buy an extra big mac, even though you don't need it, because that will help put more mcdonald's employees to work. or better yet, maybe you pay for two pounds of meat at the deli, but only get one pound, because that will help put some butcher to work. i mean the world just doesn't work that way.

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Obama says the right things but does the opposite.  And he isnt the only prez to do this.  Draconian taxation and over regulation has caused American business to flee to foreign shores.

Remember...we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world.  What company in their right mind would want to pay that?