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Before Obama, After Obama

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April 29, 2009

One thing is clear from my jobs tour out East last week: business owners don’t trust the Obama situation.

They see handouts and higher taxes but no visibility of a long-term healthy economy. The result has been massive avoidance of new projects and spending slowdown on employment all around.  You can see the real-time progression on Slate here.

Before Obama Became Obvious Winner (August 2008)

Before Obama, After Obama

Six Months later

Before Obama, After Obama

It could be that Obama has installed some pretty destructive policies pretty fast, OR…

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