Are Business CEOs Best-equipped to Fix Americas Budget?
David Asman: The private sector fix for our public sector mess. Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and former HP CEO Carly Fiorina stomped their primary challengers at the polls this week. A smart choice for some at Forbes who say we need the corporate executives’ business savvy to straighten out the government’s budget disaster. Hi everybody, I’m David Asman. Welcome to Forbes on Fox! Let’s go In Focus with Steve Forbes, Elizabeth MacDonald, Rich Karlgaard, Bill Baldwin, Victoria Barret and Quentin Hardy. Steve, let’s start with you. Steve Forbes: The CEOs could not do worse than the political hacks that we have in there today. Whitman and Fiorina are used to running companies. Whitman started eBay and built a great company, and Fiorina went into HP and had to shake things up. These are people who know that there is more to governing than speeches. They know how to work with people and get things done. That’s what we need today—to shake up the status quo. Quentin Hardy: Remember when Fiorina
