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Friday, October 21, 2011

Too bad Steve Jobs was such a lib and warned Obama? But Obama is arrogant and doesn't listen beyond his ideology

The US may get lucky that Obama turns a deaf ear to his oligarchs.

Did Steve Jobs warn Obama? - Tim Mak - POLITICO.com
By TIM MAK | 10/21/11

Steve Jobs told President Barack Obama he was “headed for a one-term presidency,” citing the U.S.’s competitive disadvantages withChina and a “crippled” education system, a new biography of former Apple CEO indicates.

“You’re headed for a one-term presidency,” Jobs told Obama in a meeting last year where he asserted that the White House needed to be more friendly toward business, according to the Huffington Post, which obtained a copy of the Walter Isaacson’s forthcoming book, “Steve Jobs.”

Jobs also told Obama that “regulations and unnecessary costs” put the United States at a competitive disadvantage with China, where companies can build factories more cheaply.

The recently deceased Jobs also told Obama that the education system was “crippled by union work rules,” according to Isaacson. Jobs proposed principals be able to hire and hire teachers based on merit, and to extend the length of both the school day and year.

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