Suppose you own a one-person business. Perhaps you do. You are a hairdresser. Or maybe a plumber. Or an electrician. Or you repair computers.

And suppose your phone rings tonight. The White House is calling. The President!

He offers small talk until you settle down. Then he gets down to business. Yours. He tells you that you have an obligation to create another job in your business. For the good of the country.

He says you have a responsibility to draw down your savings and invest it in your business. If you don’t have the savings you should borrow money for the investment. And with the new investment in your business you should create at least one new job.

Maybe you will snap to attention and follow the President’s advice. However, if you are like most of us, I suspect you won’t. I suspect that while you may respect your president, you respect your turf even more.

A few weeks ago the President told leaders of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that they, in business, have an obligation to start creating jobs.

In his weekly radio address the President said businesses “… should set up shop here, and hire our workers, and pay decent wages, and invest in the future of this nation. That’s their obligation.”