Siguen las protestas contra Obama, ahora ya no es solamente contra su politica de exploracion de petroleo en el pais y la moratoria que hara que los estados afectados pierdan miles de miles de empleos en momentos en que el desempleo esta en sus niveles mas altos, el sector construccion en peligro de entrar en una segunda recesion.
Ahora tenemos al chairman del Business Roundtable, el CEO de Verizon Ivan Seidenberg diciendo que Obama ha creado un creciente ambiente de hostilidad para la creacion de empleos y las inversiones. (Lo cual es muy cierto)
Entre los ejemplos mostrados tenemos la politica de Obama respecto a:
El incremento de impuestos a las ganancias obtenidas en el exterior
La paralizacion de los acuerdos de libre comercio
Quitarle el derecho a los tenedores de acciones de nombras a los miembros de su directorio
El no permitir el voto secreto a los no miembros de los sindicatos
El extender los pagos por discriminacion
La regulacion de los greenhouse gases
La restriccion en la exploracion de petroleo
Esta organizacion estuvo trabajando muy de cerca con la administracion Obama y hasta ahora no habia criticado abiertamente a Obama.
El chairman le pidio a Obama que se dejara de querer controlar al milimetro las decisiones de las empresas. Obama debe concentrarse en la creacion de empleos, dijo Seidenberg.
Las politicas de Obama, dijo, haran menos competitivas a las corporaciones Americanas a nivel internacional, al implementar mayores impuestos para las corporaciones.
Dijo tambien que ellos apoyan la regulacion financiera pero no ir mas alla de lo que se requiere, dijo que una talla no le queda a todos los bancos especialmente referente al problema de los derivatives.
Esto es lo mas importante:
Las companias miembras del Roundtable pagan el 60% de los impuestos totales de las corporaciones en US y le dan empleo a 12 millones de trabajadores, sin embargo Obama no ha implementado ninguna de las sugerencias de esta organizacion para la creacion de empleos, y los miembros sienten que esta administracion los ignora. (bienvenidos al club, a Obama no le interesa la opinion del pais entero, parece tener sus puntos fijos que repite y repite como loro sin escuchar a nadie)
En lugar de escuchar al pais, Obama se ha dedicado a intervenir en todos los sectores de la vida economica del pais, inyectando incertidumbre en el mercado y dificultando la creacion de nuevos negocios y el conseguir capital para financiarlos. (A la Hugo Chavez, los dos son socialistas hasta el hueso y su objetivo es tomar el control de toda la economia gradualmente)
Seidenberg dijo que ha enviado una peticion a Obama donde seniala detalladamente cientos de acciones y decisiones que ponen trabas a la manufactura, a la innovacion y a la creacion de empleo. El reporte fue enviado esta semana.
El reporte fue preparaco junto con el Business Council, el cual es un grupo de la industria que comprende de companias manufactureras. (para los que no saben US sigue siendo el pais de produccion manufacturera mas grande del mundo, es verdad aunque Ud. no lo crea) Los chairmans de esta organizacion han criticado el plan de salud de Obama por que incrementa los costos de salud y dificulta la salida de la recesion.
Esta organizacion dijo estar completamente de acuerdo con el Roundtable y dijeron que Obama debe salir completamente del sector privado, por mucho tiempo hemos tratado de trabajar usando la diplomacia, negociaciones y compromisos. Pero la crisis es de tal magnitud que el sector privado necesita accion y apoyo y no mas politicas que perjudican al pais.
(Bravo y bien dicho y si Obama no escucha -no lo hara- el pais esta tomando nota atentamente y los votos en Noviembre traduciran su rechazo a este gobierno incompetente)
Business Leader Slams 'Hostile' Policies on Jobs
By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON And DARRELL A. HUGHES
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Bloomberg News
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg, speaking Tuesday in Washington, urged the administration to 'stop trying to micromanage industries.'
.WASHINGTON—Verizon Communications Inc. Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg, current head of one of the nation's most influential business groups, slammed the Obama administration for decisions he said "create an increasingly hostile environment for investment and job creation."
In comments marking one of the sharpest breaks between top executives and the Obama White House, Mr. Seidenberg used a speech at Washington's Economic Club to unleash a list of policy grievances over taxes, trade and financial regulation.
Mr. Seidenberg's comments are particularly notable because he heads the Business Roundtable, a group encompassing the chief executives of the nation's largest listed companies whose members have enjoyed frequent access to the president and his top aides. Its leaders have advised the White House on topics from economic recovery to health care to clean energy.
List of Grievances
Some policies business groups say impede growth:
Increased taxes on foreign earnings
Stalled free-trade agreements
Shareholder rights to nominate directors
End to secret ballots in union elections
Expanded damages for pay discrimination
EPA regulation of greenhouse gases
Restrictions on drilling
Source: Business Roundtable, Business Council
.Where the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the other big business group in the capital, has been openly confrontational with the administration, the Roundtable has until now been reluctant to criticize its policies in public.
In his speech, Mr. Seidenberg praised the White House for soliciting advice from executives, saying afterward, "I've been invited to the White House for business purposes more times in the last year than in the previous 16."
But he urged the administration to "focus on the big goal," meaning job growth, "and stop trying to micromanage industries."
He characterized the U.S. corporate-tax structure as "a major impediment to international competitiveness," citing administration efforts to raise taxes on foreign earnings and slow movement on a proposed overhaul of the U.S. corporate tax code.
On trade, he said, "we need to make sure the U.S. isn't a fly-over zone when it comes to international trade and foreign investment," citing slow movement on ratifying agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea amid concerns by labor groups and others.
He said the Roundtable supported revamping financial-market regulation but that "the current proposals … go a step too far, imposing one-size-fits-all solutions on highly dynamic and diverse businesses." He cited in particular moves to tighten rules on derivatives trading and to give shareholders a greater say in choosing company directors.
White House spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said businesses would be helped by the administration's policies, including its overhaul of the health-care system and promotion of clean energy. "The president has consistently pursued policies designed to create a better climate for American businesses in order to foster job creation, innovation and economic growth," she said.
Mr. Seidenberg's criticism reflects disappointment among the Roundtable's members with both the positions the administration has taken and the way the White House has dealt with business leaders' concerns.
Mr. Seidenberg said the administration and the nation's biggest businesses—Roundtable companies pay 60% of U.S. corporate taxes and employ 12 million people— should be working more closely on efforts to bring the nation out of recession. Even though Roundtable leaders are frequently invited to meetings with the president, many feel their advice on jobs and growth too often fails to translate into policy.
Instead, he complained that "by reaching into virtually every sector of economic life, government is injecting uncertainty into the marketplace and making it harder to raise capital and create new businesses."
The Roundtable and the White House clashed during the health-care debate over whether new rules would force companies to take big charges. Administration officials later expressed surprise when companies including Caterpillar Inc. and AT&T Inc. said they had to take write-downs to cover the costs.
Mr. Seidenberg said that at the request of the White House, business leaders have prepared a report detailing "hundreds of separate actions and decisions" that stifle manufacturing, innovation and job growth. The report was sent this week to outgoing White House budget director Peter Orszag, and was released by the group Tuesday.
The report was compiled in concert with the Business Council, an industry group chiefly comprising manufacturing companies. The Council's chairman, Caterpillar Chief Executive James W. Owens, has been critical of the administration's health-care legislation, saying it has resulted in increased costs for businesses struggling to emerge from recession.
"I completely agree with what Ivan was saying about how the government needs to be removing itself from the private sector," said Roundtable member Dan DiMicco, chief executive of steelmaker Nucor Corp. "For a long time they worked through diplomacy, negotiation and compromise. But the crisis we're in today is of such magnitude that we have to have action in support of the private sector in a bold and out-front manner."
Write to Elizabeth Williamson at elizabeth.williamson@wsj.com and Darrell A. Hughes at darrell.hughes@dowjones.com