For U.S. Chamber of Commerce, election was a money-loser

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I think it's a symptom of Capitalism in decay- all of the things they're doing make perfect capital sense, but put society and people aside as concerns.

I think money has become more important than people.

I'm beginning to realize that all they are is a big checkbook for Karl Rove and his pals. Some fat cats at the top are making the decisions, and wasting a lot of money.

If they were true business people, they'd look at the FACTS, and see that this President, like the last Democratic president, is GREAT for business. If they were truly interesting in helping America's businesses, they would focus on the assault on the middle class and the small businesses, since the 1980s.

Until someone addresses the fact that the top 1% is paying a fraction of the taxes they paid under Reagan, and as a result, the American spender (who drives the economy) will continue to decline. Add to that the jobs being shipped overseas, and Americans will never recover (well, the 99% of them, anyway.)

I cancelled my Chamber memberships, as I found even on the local level, to be ignorant and republican, and anti-small business. It's why I gave up real estate, too.

has apparently never worked in the private sector at any time in his career?

Tom Donohue ain't nothin' but a $$$$ shakedown artist.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1007.verini.html

And for the monthly breakfasts.

Unfortunately, soon thereafter I kept on recieving persistant propoganda emails from the local president.

I choose not to renew my membership.

Sort of a shame, because the breakfasts were delicious.

and told me to hang up on them when they call peddling their 'fake businessman awards'.

although "Chamber" and "Congress" are two words often found together!

but I think I'll leave it.

Next battle, overturn Citizens United.

Corrupt organization.

Also other slime ball criminal groups, like the Heritage "Foundation", etc...they're just front groups for the KKKochs and Turd Rove types.

hateful MF's

I mean, that what they do.
There's no way a businessman would squander $24 million.
They must have just invested it in a long term investment that will pay stellar dividends sometime before the sun super novas.


(OK. I was exaggerating. The sun isn't big enough to super nova.)

The time of repentance is nigh!

they went full-hog on the Powell Manifesto in the 70's & 80's.

The chamber of commerce is as phony as a three dollar bill. My wife, one the girls in the ladies day golf club in our area were supporting a golf tournament and ladies were coming from all over the western part of the state to play in the tournament. My wife job was to get the brochures printed up with all the hotels/motels, restaurants for meals and other places in the city for their entertainment while there were here, two day deal. I took her down to the local chamber of commerce for some help in preparing what she needed, what joke that was, no help at all and could not even tell her where she get any. Make a long story shorter we when out to the local visiting center along the Interstate and got all the help she needed, they even did the drafting of the brochures as well as printing them up, and the best part, as i remember it was free.

Hope they fucking rot and go bankrupt.

It's not hard to understand at all.