During a campaign speech in 2012 President Obama stated “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” (Jacobson, 2012, Para. 4). You can watch the excerpt from the speech here:

Contrast this with Presidents Trump’s pro-business policies: http://nypost.com/2017/01/25/stock-market-soars-am…

What is the government’s role in building businesses and creating jobs? Minimum 250 words, cited in APA Format

Reading Material:

United States of America. U.S. Courts. Reorganization Under the Bankruptcy Code. Retrieved from http://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/Bankruptcy/BankruptcyBasics/Chapter11.aspx

Greechie, S. (2013) Role of Government in Business. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/role-government-business-803.html

Milton Friedman – Big Business, Big Government. [YouTube Video] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_T0WF-uCWg