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BIG INFLUENCE

Obama and CEOs Make Up After Bitter Election

They want the fiscal cliff solved, and the Pres. needs help with the GOP

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by PolitixMayday

Staff Writer t

Image: AP

The White House and big businesses are undergoing a period of peace and reconciliation after the 2012 election, according to Buzzfeed. That's because the Obama administration would like businesses to help prod Republicans along with raising taxes in exchange for "a quick and clean resolution" to the fiscal cliff.

President Obama made his pitch to a bundle of CEOs representing a third of the Attendees representing everything from IBM to Honeywell said that the President refrained from directly asking for their support on particular policies. But they expect him to present a a formal proposal in the next few days, according to the New York Times.

It's uncertain if a cordial relationship between big business and the White House will last, but both sides stand to gain from cooperation. Robert Wolf, a former Obama aide, tells Buzzfeed both sides want to move on issues ranging from immigration to tax policy in order to make the US more competitive.

Via Buzzfeed and the New York Times.
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  • Neo_NtheMatrix
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    So after spending four straight years demonizing businesses by saying that making a profit is bad and telling the business community that they did not build that, obama wants to cozy up to them and beg for their assistance in robbing fellow businessmen? You couldn't make this storyline up. What happened to wanting to know whose ass to kick?
  • MBernard
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    I never heard him say any of those things you claim he said and doing. You're twisting his words and his beliefs bc you can never see a brighter side of things, but instead wants to believe whatever twisted things others said about him.
  • PNWest
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    @Neo_NtheMatrix Since when is an opinion piece written by someone who agrees with you considered evidence?
  • jessejaymes
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    @MBernard I think Obama is a terrible President. I think he's totally out of his league and the Dems made a mistake not electing Hilary. Having said that, the right wing doesn't feel the need to deal in truth or fact. They just make it up as they go along.
  • Zazziness
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    @Neo_NtheMatrix Reminding business people that they depend on an infrastructure they didn't build is not "putting down business." In fact, Mr. Obama has bent over backwards to encourage business

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  • Neo_NtheMatrix
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    Does a White House and big business alliance trouble you?

    What business alliance? obama hates business. He does not believe in making a profit. He's a community organizer. I'm more troubled by his relationships with moveon.org , acorn, and other radical liberal groups.
  • PNWest
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    Instead of just spewing out right wing talking points how about providing some evidence for your claims. You say "obama hates business. He does not believe in making a profit. " Can you provide any evidence to support this accusation?
  • Neo_NtheMatrix
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    @PNWest - Let's start with the fact that obama constantly rejected the advice of his own business council, and eventually stopped even meeting with them. Let's also, for good measure talk abut Steve Jobs who also tried to impress upon obama the importance of the business community, only to be rejected and spurned. obama's record on business is clear and unmissable. Now, his coziness with moveon.org and acorn is different.
  • PNWest
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    @Neo_NtheMatrix Again let me ask for specifics. You say "obama constantly rejected the advice of his own business council". Supporting evidence? Steve Jobs was a techno-genius not a politician and what he wanted would have been good for Apple - not necessarily the USA. And as far as objective evidence, Obama has been the best President for big business in the history of the US. This can be shown by the growth of the stock market under his watch. DJIA when Obama was sworn in 1/20/09: 7,949.09. DJIA at the time I am writing this: 13,176.78. Simple math. Even a republican can understand it.
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    mtkopf
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    @PNWest "Simple math. Even a republican can understand it."
    Are you sure about that? Judging by some of the posts here, I think you are giving them way too much credit.
  • PoliticalSpice
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    @Neo_NtheMatrix I had the opportunity to meet with two of the people heavilly involved in moveon from the very begining. They are liberals, not radicals, they believe in working within the democratic party, and they beleive in democratic process.

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    RobertJHarsh
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    Big money doesn't have values or beliefs, they buy access to get what they want done for their bottom lines. Period. Their god is the almighty dollar and it doesn't matter if the GOP or Democrats are running the place. Non-issue.
  • UnCommonBoston
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    If you want to solve a problem, gather the people that know the most about the issues and brainstorm. Many members of congress have never worked in corporate America.

    Actually, I do not want ideas from a group of people that includes people who believe:

    1. Vaccinations are dangerous
    2. Creationism
    3. Global climate change is fiction

    And other silly things. Seriously, let business leaders figure it out while congress discusses the safety of vaccinations.
  • Thegrif
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    Big Business and Obama, hmmm.
    The problem with Obama's little tax hike isn't really with the rich. It is with regular Joe Blow and his small business that earned 249 thousand last year, what incentive does he have to hire people and try to grow his business to 275 thousand, knowing his taxes will go up. Obama's plan promotes mediocracy. Like extending unemployment, so why work when you can sit home and get a check, is exactly what a lot of people will say and do. The first 3 months after losing a job are your most motivated months to find a new one, after that people tend to throw in the towel, and why not? Now you get a check for a year.

    Ineptocracy (in-ep- toc'- ra-cy)

    A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed are rewarded with goods and services paid for with the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

    Now this is not everyone, so no resumes please, but lets face it, without those non producers, without those less like to sustain themselves, Obama isn't living in the White House today.
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    jessejaymes
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    Come on now people. Big business owns America regardless of who sits in the White House. Business as usual. Bad business but business as usual.
  • MRMacrum
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    Contrary to popular opinion among the locked step loyalists on either side, Obama has always had a strong alliance with business. Matter of fact in my opinion the leadership of both sides are at the least 3/4 owned by the private sector. Most of the political drama churned out in public is just that drama.
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    Grubby
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    The single biggest enemy of capitalism and threat to business in this country is asking CEO's for their help in destroying our economy. What a moron...I hope they tell him to take a flying leap off of the cliff.
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    stephen
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    it wont last long. obama will back stab them again. its in obamas nature he doesnt know any better. he is a politician and a lawyer so he is a well trained lyer