Business Report Executive Editor JR Ball says Barack Obama wasn’t his choice for president. But some of the comments Obama made during his inaugural address Tuesday hit home. “His challenge for Americans to take responsibility for their actions and, as George Will wrote, to grow up and act like adults, had me jumping off the couch,” Ball says. “There are many villains in the financial crisis, yet the group that hasn’t truly been chastised for their greed and ignorance are the people who knowingly over-leveraged themselves and bought houses on terms they had to know they couldn’t afford.” Read the rest of his column here. Send comments to editors@businessreport.com.
Editor: Give Obama a chance
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