Believes we need to simplify. We cannot have the tax code that has higher rates and more complexity than anywhere else in the world. We have got to address the system that really hurts innovation and High Technology economy. We did not worry about those when we were doing well, but they are getting in the way of progress we have got to go through the process in a simpler and more logical and efficient way. This is the number one thing thousands of Business People said was the biggest barrier to investing in the u. S. We have got to upgrade our infrastructure, but we have got to focus on those that are economically important. We have got to understand the things that are driving up the cost of doing business. We know what those are, but we need a plan for Going Forward we need to create a framework for rapidly developing and the windfall. We have a path to energy independence. That is a bridge to renewable energy. If we can move to dass, we get tremendous benefits if we can move to gas,
November president ial election. This is an hour and half. One of the best things about sitting across from you is that, for all of us who have been part of the institutes staff, we are wondering what you been thinking, with this experience has been like for you over the last yearandahalf, two years. So tonight, we get to hear for the first time your reaction to the campaign. Thank you very much. I want to thank the in boyer for the support the university has given the institute politics, including making it possible for us to hire such Extraordinary People like Steve Edwards and been restored and all of the other people and ben reeseberg and all the other people. [applause] you have been wondering what i have been doing and i have been wondering what you have been doing. [laughter] those who were disappointed by this outcome, the democrats elated by this outcome given the conventional wisdom around this campaign, the president s Approval Ratings that were barely above 50 , often dippi
President ial candidate, how to deal with the stop light, how to spotlight, how to deal with the national politics. She may be the smartest politician ever and she may be able to come out of alaska to handle all of this. But i will give her three weeks. Three weeks, well know if this is real. Three weeks to the day, she did her interview with katie couric, which effectively ended it for her. I thought they might make [laughter] i thought that they might make a conservative choice, someone who had at least a taste of the National Stage or, which was more of a consensus in the political committee, that he might take rob portman from ohio because ohio is so important. Portman was a guy who is a centerright conservative, who might be more broad. I think barack was surprised by the choice. Do you think portman could have changed the outcome . I dont know. There is a lot of reflection on that in romneyland. When you were talking about the adjustment that obama felt he had to undergo, and tel
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Congress. I made a few suggestions, and i have additional suggestions on how he could do that if he was serious about growing the economy. Drilling and leasing activities on federal lands is another. Educational choice. The reality is the president has a choice. I heard a question of whether he mention the minimum wage. Yes, he did, repeatedly. This president and the white house seems to be waving the white house of surrender. Now thea economy is minimum wage economy. We can do better than that. I think america can do better than that. There are things that he can do with executive action. There are other things he can do. We asked him about reining in regulation from the epa, adopt a repealory budgets, outdated relations. There are things we can do instead of waving the white flag of surrender, declaring this economy to be a minimum wage economy. I think we can do better. Until a few moments ago we were going down a pretty cooperative road. [laughter] let me say that we do not all oil