WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said the American government has a responsibility to make the U.S. the best place in the world to do business, but companies have a responsibility to invest in the nation’s future by keeping jobs here, hiring workers and paying decent wages.
Obama devoted his weekly radio and Internet message Saturday to ideas from his State of the Union address, specifically a plan to put the U.S. on a more competitive footing globally by spending on innovation, education and public works.
“In today’s global, competitive economy, the best jobs and newest industries will take root in countries with the most skilled workers, the strongest commitment to research and technology and the fastest ways to move people, goods and information,” he said, previewing his speech Monday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Obama, who has been working overtime to overcome perceptions that he is anti-business, said his message to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will be that everyone will benefit if government and businesses work together.
