Lawrence Ari Fleischer

“ I haven't seen the list of attendees yet, but it's for the purpose of building support for the President's budget and tax plan, for the vital group of the economy that's kept our economy strong. If there's any group that has its finger on the pulse of the economy, it's the high tech community, and the President wants to hear their thoughts about the strength of the economy and to share with them his ideas for how to improve it. ”

“ Small business generates 51 percent of private sector GDP. And the small business community provides approximately 75 percent of all new net jobs in the economy. And the vast majority of the business owners pay taxes on the personal, not the corporate, scale. We'll have many other small business owners in the audience, many of whom do pay personal income tax rates for their businesses. ”

“ But without a recommendation from the National Mediation Board to create -- to determine that an impasse has been reached that will substantially harm the economy, the President's hands are tied. He does not have the authority to intervene without action by the National Mediation Board. ”