Dealerscope and Picture Business readers had a great deal of reaction to the letter sent last week by the Consumer Electronics Association to President Obama, on behalf of CE retailers, with reactions ranging from very positive to highly negative.
In the letter, sent by CEA President/CEO Gary Shapiro on behalf of small business owners, the president was urged to veto the Employee Free Choice Act (which opponents call "card check,") as well as approve pending free trade agreements and generally adopt a posture friendly to small businesses.
Some readers objected to the industry group’s foray into the political arena. "I never asked the CEA to start sending political views for me," reader Ed Sloan wrote. "If they are to do that, the the last administration should have gotten plenty of letters for the corruption that put us here in the first place and ruined more businesses than we can imagine. Please leave political views to the individual." Reader "Ron" agreed, arguing that "the spending is being done as an investment in the US ecomony to create jobs which will increase the tax base that will replanish the coffers of the US treasury, states and cities."
Others were more supportive of the CEA’s letter, and critical of the president. "I am greatly disturbed by the Obama Administration’s encroachment on private enterprise," John Funk wrote, opining that the administrations actions will "discourage innovation, and handcuff capital investment by imposing more regulations and higher taxes."
Reader Charlie Wilson praised CEA for sending the letter but doubted it would have much effect. "Obama, Pelosi , Reid and other ultra liberals are ruining the American system of free enterprise," he wrote, "the only thing that will change things is to vote in conservative independent business people that understand small business needs to be encouraged, not taxed to death."
