"You're headed for a one-term presidency," Steve Jobs told Obama at the start of a meeting of the two men, adding that the administration needed to be more business-friendly. As an example, Jobs described the ease with which companies can build factories in China compared with the United States, where "regulations and unnecessary costs" make it difficult. These details are revealed in an official biography, by Walter Isaacson.
Jobs also criticized America's education system, saying it was "crippled by union work rules," noted Isaacson. "Until the teachers' unions were broken, there was almost no hope for education reform." Jobs proposed allowing principals to hire and fire teachers based on merit, that schools stay open until 6 p.m. and that they be open 11 months a year. The Huffington Post has more
