In the July 12, 2010 Newsweek's "Obama's CEO Problem," (print edition),  Fareed Zakaria laments that American corporations are sitting on $1.8 trillion dollars in cash and not spending it in the economy. He spoke with many business leaders and they are concerned about the uncertainty surrounding the recent financial collapse and the new laws and regulations emanating from Washington. In the article he writes "Most of the business leaders I spoke to had voted for Barack Obama. They still admired him. Those who had met him thought he was unusually smart. But they all thought he was, at his core, antibusiness." Earth to Fareed! The CEOs you spoke with do not represent the core of American business, the small business people.  The real business people in this country would not likely get a chance to meet the president.  Few of them voted for Obama and even fewer are suicidal enough to support a man who is "at his core" anti business. ...(Read Full Post)