An American president once said about business:

“The chief business of America is business.”

 Mr. President, Speaker Pelosi, Senator Reid, Chris Dodd, and Barney Frank: You just don’t get it!

Your stimulus package created over 700 billion dollars worth of spending that does very little to create jobs.  Yes, it creates work.  But creating work is not creating jobs.  You probably should ask one of your aides to go to the Library of Congress and research the definition of what a stimulus package should do. 

Everyone tuning into the news media has heard the stories about all the “pork” in this bill.  The question I’d like to ask you is:  Are you truly concerned about the American people or are you more concerned about supporting your social programs?  As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, recently quoted Rahm Emanuel, the President’s Chief of Staff, “Never waste a crisis.”  You have used this economic crisis to your political advantage to further your political agenda.  Your agenda doesn’t seem to be to help American business create jobs.

In the last few weeks, you have done everything possible to turn the country upside down with your executive orders.  To further complicate the situation, you just signed a spending package budget of over 400 billion dollars with an estimated 8,500 earmarks.  What happened to your campaign promise of fiscal responsibility?  You make excuses how this is old business and not your fault.  You could have taken a stand and told Congress that you would veto the bill and they needed to rewrite it to make it fiscally responsible but you chose not to take a stand and be a leader.  Instead of reducing spending or taking a responsible position of keeping spending the same as last year you increased the budget over 8%. 

The country is in an economic crisis and you are asking the American people to make personal sacrifices.  How can they believe you or trust your judgment when your spending bill makes no sacrifices and increases spending?  Then you turn around and sign the spending bill in private with no cameras, no sound bites for the American people to see you breaking your campaign promise. 

Mr. President, when big corporations and small companies alike face changing business times, they cut costs, downsize, and work with a leaner budget and workforce.  They do what they have to do in order to remain competitive and to keep the business operating.  Take a cue from American business.  The government needs to be run like a business.  Bigger government is not the answer to the economic crisis.  Nor is it the answer in a prosperous economy.  Don’t loose sight of our Founding Fathers principles.  Those principles are still sound and valid today. 

At this particular time, you need to be a leader who will help the business community create long term jobs, revitalize American industries and instill confidence in the American public.  Not a politician who is interested in creating political favor with his party.  This isn’t a Democrat or Republican issue.  This is an American issue.

Stand up, Mr. President, and be a leader.  One of your biggest supporters, Warren Buffet, said recently that your first priority should be the economy.  Your second priority should be the economy.  And your third priority should be the economy.  I’d be interested to know why you are not listening to one of the most successful business people of our time who is also one of your economic advisors.

I believe in the American entreprenuerial spirit.  Mr. President, if you don’t start paying attention to the economy and especially supporting small business, we are headed for very difficult times.  Do you really understand what happens when you raise taxes?  When you raise taxes on the small business person and you use that money to redistribute the wealth, the business person doesn’t have money to spend into the economy.  When they don’t have money to hire extra people, give raises, go out to dinner one more time a week or buy that new washer/dryer, jobs aren’t created. 

I would hope that you start to reconsider your agenda and start thinking about the business of America.