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Five Hot Spots That Have Obama Running Scared

Five Hot Spots That Have Obama Running Scared

As we race toward the November election, you can be sure that President Barack Obama and his disciples will be ticking off his perceived accomplishments in his bid to win re-election. He will attempt to position himself as the tax-cutting, regulation-busting friend of small business.

Nothing could be farther from the truth.

If you listen closely, he will side-step the priorities he failed to accomplish in his three years in office, and won’t accomplish in 2012. They all have one thing in ...

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Our President Should Think Like a CEO

Our President Should Think Like a CEO

The Wall Street Journal recently convened its annual CEO Council.

This year, some 100 CEOs gathered and concluded that the nation’s top five priorities are:

• create a globally competitive tax system;

• immigration policies should support innovation;

• improve human capital;

• upgrade our energy infrastructure;

• invest in R&D.

The question that must be asked is: Why doesn’t President Barack Obama and members of Congress come to these same conclusions? The answer is that the country needs to be run by people who understand business.

This ...

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Obama, Congress Must Create Jobs, or Find New Work Themselves

Obama, Congress Must Create Jobs, or Find New Work Themselves

As the so-called Super Committee failed to reach agreement on $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction, our politicians and their designated flame-throwers frothed in their “I told you so” antics, heaping blame on everyone besides themselves.

The real failure, of course, was to demonstrate to the American people that Congress simply cannot work together and this country is totally devoid of leadership.

In particular, it continues to reinforce the feeling of uncertainty and hopelessness among small-business owners that deficit spending will not be ...

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There’s More to Asia Than China

There’s More to Asia Than China

Many Americans, including those in Congress, have a myopic view of the Asia-Pacific region.

They only see China, but as the recently concluded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Honolulu illustrated, we have 21 important trading partners with shores bordering the Pacific Ocean.

To concentrate solely on China ignores the robust trading relationships the U.S. has with Asian nations. APEC, besides the United States, consists of Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua ...

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