“I want to dispel any notion we want to inhibit your success,” President Obama told 20 CEOs this morning, according to a source in the room. “We want to be boosters because when you do well, America does well.”
The relationship between the president and the business community has been strained, with many executives complaining that the president too often uses big business as a whipping boy, or a scapegoat, while pursuing policies – health care legislation, Wall Street regulations – that they perceive as bad for business.
Today’s meeting didn’t result in any concrete achievements, but participants described it as constructive.
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