There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are also many highly paid executives. The policy is not to intermingle the two.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a CEO of a large company, clearly we need policies in the U.S. government that are pro-business, because at the end of the day, we all work within the framework of a country's policies.
The business of America is business.
Now I know that Wal-Mart's policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in America.
The average member of the public thinks of 'business' as an impersonal corporate entity owned by the very rich and managed by overpaid executives. There is an almost total failure to appreciate that 'business' actually embraces - in one way or another - most Americans.
If we truly want to achieve lasting economic growth, we need our businesses to do more business - and we need them to do it in America.
Business is one of the most powerful institutions on Earth for creating wealth and opportunity and helping to lift people out of poverty. When you think about it that way, then business is not separate from development policy.
It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.
I do not believe that the government is in any position to say exactly how every single business and every single activity shall reach those performances.
If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.
Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving.
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