Obama: Economic patriotism means we rise or fall together

**Written by Doug Powers
“An army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights and falls as a team.” – Gen. George Patton, never
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President Obama has re-energized his call for “economic patriotism,” part of which involves shaming corporations into remaining based in the U.S.

“Let’s embrace an economic patriotism that says we rise or fall together, as one nation.” —Obama: http://t.co/4RPdDjgNP8 #OpportunityForAll
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 27, 2014

Is “stay here and fall with the rest of us, you economic traitor” really the best way to convince a company to stay in the country?
It won’t be long until Obama demands that all business owners spend a week at “economic patriotism camp” listening to this as a precondition of incorporation:

**Written by Doug Powers
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