Allow me to point out as a preamble that Obama appointed William Daley after the total asskicking Democrats got in November 2010 in a move to reach out to the business community he had repeatedly attacked and demonized. And now this same guy is forced to say, “Don’t ask me to defend my moron boss’ idiotic economy-murdering policies.”
It’s time for another “we TOLD you so alert“:
Daley can’t defend Obama’s ‘indefensible’ economic policies
Published: 1:21 PM 06/17/2011 | Updated: 12:01 AM 06/18/2011White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley took heat from business executives Thursday for the Obama administration’s regulatory expansions. Daley also said he didn’t have any good answers for some of what President Obama is doing and expressed frustration about the “bureaucratic stuff that’s hard to defend.”
“Sometimes you can’t defend the indefensible,” Daley said at a National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) meeting.
Daley couldn’t answer basic questions and continually faced criticism from the executives in the room. The business leaders even applauded each other’s criticism of the administration. “At one point, the room erupted in applause when Massachusetts utility executive Doug Starrett, his voice shaking with emotion, accused the administration of blocking construction on one of his facilities to protect fish, saying government ‘throws sand into the gears of progress,’” wrote Peter Wallsten and Jia Lynn Yang in the Washington Post.
Americans for Limited Government Communications Director and former Labor Department Public Affairs Chief of Staff Rick Manning told The Daily Caller that Daley’s inability to defend Obama’s regulations is an indication that the administration’s plans aren’t working. Manning also points out that Daley’s meeting may have large political implications.
“Business community to William Daley, your Jedi tricks don’t work on us,” Manning said in an email. “The chickens are coming home to roost from the wholesale assault by Obama on the free enterprise system and the private job creators who make it run. The meeting itself is incredible in that it demonstrates just how vulnerable Obama feels in 2012.”
The Workforce Fairness Institute’s Fred Wszolek told The Daily Caller that Daley’s lackluster performance is even more questionable when comes to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and its campaign against the Boeing Company. The NLRB has gone after the Boeing Company for opening a new plant in South Carolina. Boeing’s new plant is an addition to its already-existing production lines in Washington state. The NLRB’s case hinges on whether Boeing made the decision to open the new plant as “retaliation” against machinist unions in Washington, even though no jobs were lost there. In fact, Boeing has added thousands of new jobs in Washington.
As a former Boeing board member before taking on his White House job, Daley voted in favor of opening the new South Carolina plant. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has challenged Daley to come out and defend his vote in the face of the NLRB’s case, but he hasn’t yet done so.
“Bill Daley is White House chief of staff in an administration that is accusing a company where he served on the board of violating Federal labor law,” Wszolek said in an email. “The individual who launched the complaint against the Boeing Company was appointed to the post by President Obama and is currently a nominee. Now, to top it all off, Daley states he cannot defend the ‘indefensible’ conduct of his own administration, which presumably speaks to the Boeing matter.”
Wszolek questions Daley’s ability to continue “ethically” serving the president.
“All of this leads to one question: how can Daley serve in an administration that he cannot defend and believes his actions were unethical?,” Wszolek said.
It’s not just Obama’s Chief of Staff that is out there saying Obama is a total fraud and an abject failure: LISTEN TO OBAMA HIMSELF:
Versus:
“Shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected,” Obama said.
We spent $3.27 TRILLION that we didn’t have ON AN IDIOT FOOL’S LIE!!! And now it’s supposed to be some kind of joke!?!?!?
This man is an abject disgrace. He is everything I expected from God Damn America. There is no longer any question that God has set His face against America because it elected an evil demonic fool and will not drive him out of office in disgrace.
“Government throws sand into the gears of progress.” There’s your basic truth about reality that no Marxist Democrat will ever understand.
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June 19, 2011 at 7:14 pm
MichaelE: The left just doesn’t get and I don’t think they ever will. HUMAN free enterprise brings the products/services we need. When someone recognizes a NEED for something in the market place (it is called “demand” in ECON101) they will find a way to bring to the marketplace (it is called starting a business or adding to existing business product/service line). Over time, demand for that product/service is measured in what is called GDP or GNP in $ in ECON101 and will drive the need to hire. A company only hires when there is a NEED or DEMAND or when the workload exceeds the supply of workers. ( it is called”demand” in the law of supply and demand in ECON101), not to hire to be politically correct or benevolent or by gooberment decree. The laws of supply and demand, to me, are one of the natural laws that govern human business enterprise between us all. A heavy tax burden and overbearing regulation will destroy human incentive to produce. Yes, the subject is more complex that this, but if they cannot grasp the basic concept, the leebruls will never grasp much of any other natural law. Job growth is positively tied to GDP/GNP which is very anemic at best. We need STRONG GDP/GNP growth to generate the DEMAND to hire as well demand for goods and services. Despite obamarx and co. agreeing to hold federal tax rates where they are at, I would argue that W’s tax cut in 2003 (Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003) did work, but it was not deep enough. Here’s my analysis: The top marginal tax rate (TMTR) for individual income tax went from 38.6% to 35% starting in 2003. The reason I focus on the individual tax is because small businesses usually are a Sole Proprietor/LLC (depending on state) business structure because the use Form 1040 with Schedule C tax return. Not a significant cut, but a little tax cut is better than nothing; it was not a robust tax cut and did not have long term effects as the tax cuts in the RR years did and it does not compare to the huge cuts of the RR years when the TMTR went from 70% in 1980 to 28% in 1988. This was a huge change in tax structure in those days along with the Tax Reform Act of 1986. So, while Congress/obamarx compromised to keep tax rates at its current rate is (I think?), well, it is better than not raising them. What has also changed and rarely discussed over the years is deductions, exclusions credits since the RR years. Tax rates can stay relatively in the same range for years, but when deductions and exclusions change, it will have a huge impact on how much tax someone will pay/not pay.
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003
Click to access x-54-03.pdf
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/j/jgtrra.asp
You can find historical INDIVIDUAL tax rates here all the wall back to 1913. All you need is Excel.
http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/article/0,,id=175910,00.html
CORPORATE
http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/article/0,,id=175911,00.html
According to OECD, the US has the 2nd highest corporate tax rates and we wonder why the jobs go overseas? While tax policy is an important factor, regulations play a significant part too. Until we create a more friendly business environment, we will continue to go down the tube. When we loose GDP/GNP/ we loose jobs, when we loose jobs, home foreclosures go up and loss of tax revenue at all levels…just to name a few.
http://www.oecd.org
Notice the link to http://www.oecd.org at the bottom of the above web page.
June 20, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Dauntless,
When you said, “The left just doesn’t get and I don’t think they ever will,” I was reminded of my Bible. Democrats are “biblical” in the sense that God warns us about people just like them.
Here are some passages:
They can’t see reality because they live in a realm of demonic Marxist-based theories. And because they love wickedness and lies and hate righteousness and truth.
As always, thanks for your excellent presentation and the links that back up what you’re saying.