Obama administration's charm offensive fails to win over business groups

◼ The Obama administration’s push to mend its relationship with business has gone cold only six months into the effort. - Peter Schroeder and Bernie Becker/The Hill

Complaints abound about the regulations pouring out of federal agencies to implement the federal healthcare and financial regulation laws.

There’s also fear that labor-friendly policies emerging from the National Labor Relations Board and tax-reform legislation expected in 2012 will further hold back growth.
“With the Obama administration, it just seems to be relentless,” said David Rhoa, owner of a bulk-mailing facility based in Kalamazoo, Mich. “I’ve become accustomed to the fact that this pummeling keeps coming.”