Big Biz Still For GOP

Mr. Gross, you're such an IDIOT!!! Bill Clinton was anti-foreign trade? Gee, didn't he sign NAFTA? And you're suggestion that retailers don't need to worry about Unions because the economy is down is completely backwards. Retailers need to worry about Unions BECAUSE the economy is down. Unions mean well, but have completely driven many companies under, because they are short-sighted and don't see the big picture. You are right about one thing, when it comes to the economy the President really doesn't have that much influence. But you are WRONG to think that businesses don't need to worry about re-emerging unions, and the "Free Choice Act," which could allow pro-union employees to bully their not-so-pro-union co-workers into signing up. Oh, and sorry, but Obama does fit the "tax and spend" Democratic image when he talks about raising corporate tax, capital gains tax, etc.

Wow, that a major publication can feature an article this fundimentally wrong shows how deep the brain washing of the last 30-years goes. Supply side economics is a failure. All societies needs to grow from the base through HONEST WAGES. Which by the way most certainly can and should be promoted by our government. These overly large corporations have been sucking the life from this country economically and politically. The anti-trust laws have not been enforced in 28-years and the greedy monster corporations now have complete control. FIGHT BACK - UNIONIZE AND SUPPORT STRONG CORP OVERSIGHT AND REGULATION.

You talk about companies trying to persuade employees to vote republican (your terminology), but unions don't hide anything, they FORCE members to contribute to the democratic party and vote democratic. Doesn't that worry anybody? How is that freedom of choice?

To McJeff -
"Eat the rich. They are a pestilence" - Really? Bet it would be different if you were rich. Maybe you should get off your a** and work a little harder. Because somebody works hard and gets rich you think that is a substantial reason to hate them - grow up. People like Bill Gates and the Waltons deserve the money they make - they worked hard and built that. You should try it. Grow up.

Whether you are for or against unions, the EFCA's biggest flaw is the lack of private voting. Can you not see how difficult it may become for someone to vote their true feelings in a union hall with strong supporters against this person if the vote is public? I have been in union halls where strong-willed union bosses called for votes of acclamation instead of ballot and the crowd was so frenzied there was no way anyone would oppose them. It's just not a good bill.

The posts here are very articulate and cogent. Kudos.
Let me be a bit more blunt:
F*ck the US Chamber of Commerce
F*ck WalMart, Lowe's, Home Depot
F*ck all these large coporations

Shopping locally more than ever. Local hardware store. Local farmers market

Eat the rich. They are a pestilence.

Let me be blunt:
F*ck the US Chamber of Commerce
F*ck WalMart, Lowe's, Home Depot
F*ck all these large coporations

Shopping locally more than ever. Local hardware store. Local farmers market

Eat the rich. They are a pestilence.

Why is is hardly ever mentioned that when the economy started to recover before Clinton became president? The fact that a Republicans controlled the house and senate and therefore provided a balance to Clinton helped the economy as well. How about the fact that many economists believe that cutting capital gains and encouraging investment in American businesses will be almost impossible with Obama and a Democrat controlled congress. How about the fact, not mentioned here, that a costly war along with a Republican president (with Democrats & Republicans approval) over the past 8 years who spent money like a Democrat created this mess? Why not admit that any article posted by Newsweek on MSNBC will almost always be pro-Democrat and anti-Republican?

I ca not believe how these so call CEO are conducting business. The feds should do a auit of there books fast don't give them time to get there house in order . You will find a lot of errors out here that AIG have been doing something under handed if you don't know how your money spent. My mom alway told me bring me the receipt from the store. Well did AIG have any kind of receipts for the money that they spent already or paper trail. See you could not come back to me after going though 123 billion with showing some paper work and I would not take no for a answer.

AmericanPatriot92
They don't get it because the entire trickle-down philosophy tells them that THEY are the creators of wealth. They are wrong of course, they are just utilizing the most valuable economic resource on the planet - the US consumer market ( god bless your gluttonous souls).

Its a bit like a dairy farm really. Farmer John (i.e. Corporate America) has a herd of cows that he milks and make him rich. Farmer John gets a bit greedy and stops fertilizing his land or cuts back on feed, he can make more money in the short term. However, after a few years and maybe a drought or disease outbreak, he finds that the cows just don't produce as much milk as they used to and the milk-fat content is also down. He doesn't know what to do because he has pre-sold the next 15 years production on the assumption that milk output would never drop. At this point he wonders if he should give the cows some more food, but then on the barn shelf he sees his bag of melamine...

It's simple. The economy has been shrinking ever since Bush came into office despite bogus numbers based on models with as much validity as a Moody's securities rating. Those at the top however, made out like bandits. They know the economy will continue to shrink, and Republicans protect them at the expense of everything else, the domestic economy, the world economy, national security, the lower and middle class, and our children's future. It has nothing to do with economics, or our economy. It has to do with the ability of those at the top to take as much $$ as possible out of the economy and Republicans are their enablers..

Yep, no tax cuts for those low paid slackers like your Police officers, your soldiers, teachers, doctors, nurses, scientists etc etc.
Of course nobody everybody earning $249,999 will stop working. If they make it to $300,000 then they will only net an extra 27,000 instead of 28,500. That extra $1500 could have created 100's of jobs

This has always been VERY puzzling to me. It's potential sales and demand in the market palce that drive organic growth and profits - NOT TAX CUTS

So if the income inequality grows, and more and more people can not afford to buy consumer goods, that spells disaster economically for businesses.

Why is Corporate America SO myopic and so stupid to buy into the myths that Democrats are bad for the economy, when in reality the opposite is true.

The reality is that the stock market has done well under Democratic governments, and so has the defense industry. Improved international relations under Obama will also mean improved trade and business relations.

The Democrats are better for the economy and better for business. For the last 50 years, the stock market has done better under the Dems, family income at all levels including the very top has grown faster under the Dems, there has been less unemployment with Dem administrations . Check it out. Try to figure... mas,smarba@gmail.com