Anxious not to be labeled anti-business, he has surrounded himself not with entrepreneurs but consummate crony capitalists — chief of staff Bill Daley (scion of the Chicago machine family), General Electric‘s Jeffrey Immelt and proposed Commerce Chief John Bryson, who has spent much time as a master manipulator for a large regulated utility. These figures have little or no credibility among grassroots businesspeople. They are seen as being more adept at working the system than succeeding in the free market. If this is what moderation is about, the public has good reason not to trust it.It looks like Joel Kotkin isn't happy with the Obama regime.
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Obama's Economic Trifecta: How The President Helped Kill Progressivism, Capitalism And Moderation
New Geography reports: