Bus. Week: SOTU "studded with points that are dear to Corporate America"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Note from yer pal B_E_B: This article almost belongs in The Lounge...Bush was "Reaganesque," "Truman-like," and "Clintonian?"...then I realized that the author isn't kidding.

:spray:

NEWS ANALYSIS
By Richard S. Dunham

A Probusiness State of the Union
Bush's speech was studded with points that are dear to Corporate America. Some even have a good chance of being enacted

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2006/nf2006021_1615_db038.htm

President Bush's 2006 State of the Union address was a familiar stew: a dash of Reaganesque optimism, a pinch of Clintonian small-bore initiatives, a heaping teaspoon of Truman-like tough talk, and a generous portion of warmed-up leftovers from previous policy speeches. But as familiar as the ingredients of the President's Jan. 31 oration were to viewers, they formed a tasty recipe for American business.

The reason: The President's domestic agenda was dominated by an "American Competitiveness Initiative" that's strongly supported by the vast majority of the business community, from large corporations to Main Street shops.

While only a few items on Bush's wish list were new to a State of the Union audience, it was significant that he focused on economic issues pushed hard by business, rather than on the social agenda of religious conservatives. Facing tough economic competition from India and China, the President called for "a better path" on economic policy, "an agenda for a nation that competes with confidence.... Americans should not fear our economic future, because we intend to shape it."

Among the items Bush cited are many dear to business leaders. Among them:

- Fiscal responsibility.
- Immigration.
- Trade liberalization.
- Tax cuts, not tax reform.
- Math and science education.
- Health care.
- Energy costs.
- Tort reform.

[atommom]

1. They used "Clintonian" as a compliment?

Wow. We really ARE in the Bizarro Universe now.

[kurth]

2. Yeah. Like he wrote the speech himself...