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President Obama: U.S. Gotten a Bit "Lazy" on Attracting Businesses
Fox News ^ | 13 Nov 2011 | Kimberley Schwandt

Posted on 11/14/2011 5:20:42 AM PST by Rummyfan

HONOLULU - President Obama said that the United States has gotten a "little bit lazy" when it comes to bringing in new businesses in to the states. He made the comments at a CEO summit as part of the APEC conference Saturday, when asked by Boeing CEO James McNerney about looking at the world from a Chinese perspective and what they might consider as impediments to investing.

Obama said it's important to remember that the U.S. is still the largest receiver of foreign investment in the world and things like stability, openness and innovative free market culture are attractive. He also said there are a lot of things that make foreign investors see the U.S. as a great opportunity - like stability, openness, our innovative free market culture.

"But we've been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades. We've kind of taken for granted -- well, people will want to come here and we aren't out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new business into America, Obama said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blameamerica; lazyamerica; obama; obamablames; obamablamesamerica; obamaexcuses; obamahatesusa; obamavsamericans
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Can't believe this man's chutzpah: does everything he can to stymie business here, and now claims we're lazy.
1 posted on 11/14/2011 5:20:42 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

This coming from a community organizer with absolutely NO experience running a business himself? Say it ain’t so.../s =.=


2 posted on 11/14/2011 5:23:09 AM PST by cranked
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To: Rummyfan

Always someone else, eh, Barry?


3 posted on 11/14/2011 5:23:41 AM PST by struggle
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To: Rummyfan

Where the U.S. “got lazy” was in vetting presidential candidates of a certain party.


4 posted on 11/14/2011 5:25:31 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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We are working insane hours trying to keep our businesses alive and this vacationing airhead calls us lazy? What an *ss**le! I guess I'll just have to get off my lazy butt next November and vote this pathetic buffoon out of office...
5 posted on 11/14/2011 5:25:32 AM PST by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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Amazing talk coming from a man whose very policies have scared business owners to death.


6 posted on 11/14/2011 5:26:19 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
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‘President Obama: U.S. Gotten a Bit “Lazy” on Attracting Businesses’

1) Obamacare scaring the hell of any business wanting to hire
2) Overreaching EPA regulations
3) 200,000 pages of tax forms to fill out
4) Diversity demands
5) Crony Capitalism originating from Congress


7 posted on 11/14/2011 5:27:03 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

There are no words left for my utter contempt of obama and everyone who voted for this communist disaster.


8 posted on 11/14/2011 5:27:34 AM PST by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: Rummyfan

Lazyness has nothing to do with it. RATS like Obama work tirelessly to place impediments in the way of starting and runing businesses.


9 posted on 11/14/2011 5:28:11 AM PST by Hugin ("Most time a man'll tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear"--Open Range)
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Why doesn’t this ignorant ass just STFU?


10 posted on 11/14/2011 5:29:20 AM PST by richardtavor (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem)
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To: Rummyfan

Hey. All he needs to do is put on a tie, stand at a podium, and read from a teleprompter every now and then.

He’d doing his job.

Why aren’t we doing ours?

(What an arrogant buffoon.)


11 posted on 11/14/2011 5:29:25 AM PST by Tigerized (Occupy Wall Street? Go find the real culprits in the Capitol Building...)
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To: Rummyfan

You don’t need special schemes and deals to attract business. Just let freedom reign and they will come.


12 posted on 11/14/2011 5:29:30 AM PST by all the best
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"But we've been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades.

LOL, is this his new way of blaming Bush? I can only think of one president over the last couple of decades who has made it his mission to scare off new and old business. He will never give up the blame game.

13 posted on 11/14/2011 5:29:31 AM PST by McLynnan
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Obama’s hate for:
America
Capitalism
Industry
The Constitution
...has driven his policies to kill or cripple all of the above!

What is it about Maoist oppression that makes people “lazy”?


14 posted on 11/14/2011 5:32:27 AM PST by G Larry (Catholic Conservative Supporting Israel!)
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To: April Lexington
What an *ss**le!

I think you've summed it up.

15 posted on 11/14/2011 5:32:32 AM PST by livius
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To: Rummyfan

” A Little bit lazy”, implies inaction. What is being done in this country is find the best things to do to foster business, then do exactly the opposite.


16 posted on 11/14/2011 5:33:02 AM PST by jmcenanly (Things will be better in 2013)
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Malaise speech.


17 posted on 11/14/2011 5:35:52 AM PST by agere_contra ("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
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To: Rummyfan

So lazy we even have a President who goes on Vacation every two seconds.


18 posted on 11/14/2011 5:36:11 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Nancy Pelosi - The #1 reason we need a Constitutional amendment for Congressional drug testing.)
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To: Rummyfan

The golfer in chief should speak for himself. I’ve been working my a$$ off for the past 40 years.


19 posted on 11/14/2011 5:41:39 AM PST by jersey117
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Gee, it has absolutely nothng to do with the idiotic corporate taxation rate does it?

This guy honestly thinks we are all booger eating morons and the media will just hustle his B.S. without batting an eyelash.


20 posted on 11/14/2011 5:41:44 AM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry (Mittt Romney - he lacks the courage of his absence of convictions.)
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