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Politics

Obama on the Obligations of Business

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.28.2008 10:31 PM

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Obama: "Businesses should live up to their responsibilities to create American jobs."

The late, great Milton would beg to differ.

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Katherine Mangu-Ward is editor in chief of Reason.

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  1. Gilbert Martin   18 years ago

    Liberals are always long on telling other people what their obligations are.

    What the are short on is proving that they've ever accomplished anything that demonstrates they are qualified to to do so.

  2. John C. Randolph   18 years ago

    So, Obama fails to understand that a business' obligation is to earn a profit for its owners.

    -jcr

  3. Fred   18 years ago

    Funny how you want them to create jobs, Obama, and then you threaten to tax, regulate and hinder the hell out of them before they can.

    "And for my next trick ... "

  4. Anonymous   18 years ago

    You hired all these people and then dared to turn a profit? WINDFALL!!!

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