Which Corporations Own The White House

The president and his top advisers have kept an open door for CEOs of Fortune 100 companies, keeping almost 1,000 appointments with them, a Reuters review of White House records shows. Of the hundreds of appointments listed, Obama himself was present at about half. As the corrupting hand of government intervention spreads, so CEOs and the White House have become allies in advocating for immigration reform, the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and reauthorization for the Export-Import Bank. So who really owns The White House?
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“I do take a fair amount of grief from Republican colleagues who think that I’ve just like totally lost my mind,” said Honeywell International Inc’s David Cote, 63, the most frequent CEO visitor to Obama’s White House, having turned up more than 50 times.
Cote was part of a high-profile commission on the nation’s debt in 2010 and serves on another advisory panel on technology and manufacturing. He said he thinks CEOs should not delegate their responsibility to help politicians understand business. “You’ve got to be able to talk about this stuff and have both sides understand the needs of the other,” he said.
Cote, a life-long Republican, said he doesn’t always agree with Obama but enjoys talking with him, calling him “a very smart guy” who doesn’t get enough credit for his work on the economy.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on 12/15/2015.