Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Chenault WSJ op-ed

The WSJ promoted the Amex CEO's name on today's Op Ed page:

OPINION, JUNE 13, 2011
How We're Meeting the Job Creation Challenge
The President's Jobs and Competitiveness Council, comprised of 26 private-sector leaders, is developing ideas that will accelerate job growth and improve America's competitiveness.
By JEFF IMMELT AND KEN CHENAULT

We believe that the following "fast-action" steps can support the creation of more than one million jobs…

 Boost jobs in travel and tourism.

… Government, business and labor need to work together to get this done.

The 100+ comments are mostly short criticisms ( 3 examples here) followed by long defensive replies.
  • Increased tourism will sell more GE jet engines and American Express credit card accounts.
  • Pretty lame ideas from T2D2 - Tweedle dumb and Tweedle Dumber.
  • This article sounds like the White House asked Immelt to write this article as a PR move.

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