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Kiss’s Gene Simmons sounds off on the president and the administration’s job-creation policies.
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We just played us President Obama says shovel ready projects weren't quite shovel ready Gene Simmons is whether it's what -- all right what's your reaction that's a good morning this is a man that I voted into a political office and I have sort of once before and I'll say it's not perfect -- for.
You know pragmatic reasons I want my vote back this is a a good man who I believe I -- Has a right sort of the nuances for the public performance and so on but I don't think the man is qualified to understand.
The structure.
And what business needs which -- to be well informed if you're going to step in front of people.
And gain the confidence of the business community at the very least you should do was to get talking points.
And cut it out with the jokes save that for -- private briefing your own triple know.
A you've met a lot of money you might say that I pay my taxes -- a citizen of the United States of America that's you know everybody is an entrepreneur where that way so we we all need to.
Minimize our exposure to try to maximize our expenses wildly more although I -- -- and also businesses I believe you do or several business we we do we make a living while you not hiring.
You know the problem is that there are so many barriers the government means well but it's become our mommy and daddy you know we never gave our kids an allowance.
Because in real life when you would you train your children at the end of the weaker -- get an allowance of trying to speak in the -- -- of this of the street.
Not in the way the business communication.
Communicates.
When you grow -- in you're used to getting entitlements which is where's my money mom and dad were all you know already gave me my money every week the government does not your mommy and -- the problem is and how has become that.
And the business community now is faltering the soul if -- -- so many hurdles -- V.
Christmas vacation and the Flag Day and I got a free forgot to time issue late Tuesday and double time over time and stuff.
Then we complain that all the jobs are going overseas we are now an insolvent contrary.
We or delusional beyond that if you put me in charge I would have -- I would have.
Presidential powers to the extreme cut trillions from the economy because we must.
The country is now insolvent.
Itself astonishing thing and a potentially well Tracy.
A big admirer of kiss and Gene Simmons -- -- long time and he wants to take his vote for Obama wants to take it back what do you think I think he's not alone has a lot of people that are really disheartened by what's happened over the years I -- and I think you know this notion of change.
This is not the change I think people were expecting when they gotten voting booths do -- do you -- do you see it coming emerging from the you know voted for him you know I don't know why believes.
I believe that we -- we are hoping for was a man who surround himself with business leaders not professors from Berkley he did he's got to Jeff Immelt sitting right that -- got the guy who runs American Express opt not initially a few years ago as you remember at the entire staff was -- from top to bottom.
The initial people that were in there that we're advising our dear president were not qualified to do that never run a business by the way our president.
Remember I voted for the -- so I consider this.
Our president had two years of local experience was born in Hawaii -- never run a business in his life so the least you could do was -- surround yourself with.
The business community.
And tell them why did you -- allowed to vote for him it was a moment of history.
I fell victim to the charm and I want to be a part of that moment in history.
And I am ashamed to say I didn't look at the rest of -- long and when you say a moment in history do you vote did you vote for because you wanted to see the first African American I did present -- debt that was it I did did you think that that would sort of banish racism from -- society at all I don't think that's not -- that will never that will never go way of the human.
The human condition being what it is but I wanted to be on the right side of history emotionally.
Ethically and morally and I hoped that our president would surround himself by business leaders silhouette in the opposite happens the opposite happened mommy and daddy came back into government.
And all of a sudden a -- capitalist semi socialist system was enacted Greece here we com insolvency is a stupid word.
And it sort of means we're not far behind Greece -- let me get into -- difficult not a difficult subject but a touchy subject.
I put it to you.
That you -- votes -- feelings about President Obama when he gave that speech about Israel retreating to his 1967.
High of -- you global in Israel and -- on Israeli citizen you know if that I am I -- -- deputy was back.
Point that you -- votes I did.
And I will tell you why let's say the the extreme happens and there's war god -- -- of certain part of the world.
What side you want what side -- we -- if you lived in Israel and you saw that you're.
Fitness borders and our long on one side -- -- the Mediterranean.
On the other side about 300 million people who prefer your not there the only problem with our president is in terms of this policy and saying something silly like go back to the 67 borders he doesn't live there.
If you're the closer you are to where the fire is the more cognizant you are of the danger.
