Posted on 01/15/2015 2:00:12 PM PST by jazusamo
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said today that President Obama knows how to run small businesses better than small business owners.
Asked what the White House message to small business owners who are concerned Obama's proposed new mandatory paid sick leave policy could hurt their bottom line, Earnest replied, "I think the president would have a different view which is to say that this is good business and I think there are any number of examples I can site for you where businesses have chosen to put in place these policies and it's served to reduce the turnover associated with their employees, but also increase their employees productivity."
In his State of the Union next Tuesday, Obama will call on Congress to pass new legislation mandating that all employers give all employees seven paid sick days a year.
Also on Thursday, Obama also signed a Presidential Memoranda, directing all federal agencies to give federal workers six weeks of paid paternal leave for parents with a new child. Obama's own Council of Economic Advisers estimates that this policy will cost taxpayers at least $250 million in just the first year .
Obama also will call on Congress to pass similar legislation forcing all American companies to offer the same six weeks of paid paternal leave, although the White House did not say how much money this would cost the nation's employers.
Obama's humble view of his own skills at running other people's businesses is perfectly in line with his assessment of his political skills. Obama famously told his speechwriter Patrick Gaspard in 2008, "I think that I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m gonna think I’m a better political director than my political director."
Dick.
Tater.
The arrogance of this turd knows no limits.
Put up or shut up then.
It’s easy to see that the next two years are going to be endless pandering to the entitlement army.
And blaming evil Republicans for trying to stop it.
He is as delusional as Ceaucescu.
Why would Obama shut up?
The MSM is his cheering section.
This is going no where and he knows it.
It’s to appeal to the LIVs. Nothing more.
This is going no where and he knows it.
It’s to appeal to the LIVs. Nothing more.
This is going no where and he knows it.
It’s to appeal to the LIVs. Nothing more.
The King has tax dollars and the treasury to be successful with, so as everything he does turns to sh!t he can still go to a pile of taxpayer money to make it go like it works.
Ya ,the USSR worked out great for private business , LOL
The big-government/big-union/big-corporate crony-fascists complex wants all small businesses to die because they don’t like the competition and they cannot be controlled by the central authority effectively.
Amen, this is only the beginning.
You spend a couple of weeks selling ice cream and now you’re an expert?
I pity the poor suckers that work for him if he ever leaves the White House
Running a successful Choom Gang is different - much different - than running a small business.
But let Obama has his fantasy.
coming from someone that never had a job , thumbs up ,ROFL
The only thing Øbozo knows how to run is his mouth...
How do we know that he sold anything during that two weeks? For all we know, he was in the back room toking reefer.
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