U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Cut Social Security

[NorthCarolina]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent the White House an "open letter" laying out a proposed roadmap to economic recovery, coinciding with the organization's "Jobs Summit" underway in Washington. The Chamber is an ultra-conservative political operation primarily funded by a handful of large companies. It plans to spend more than $50 million electing Republicans to Congress in 2010.

The Chamber's four-page letter offers a variety of suggestions for job creation, though it doesn't appear that they flipped past the first few pages of the free-market playbook when brainstorming the proposal. The ideas include deregulation of business, tax cuts for the wealthy, free trade agreements, a reduced corporate income tax, expanded offshore drilling and logging in national forests and the privatization of waterways and roads.

Specifically, the Chamber urges the president to extend Bush-era tax cuts in full and provide tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas.

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Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/14/chamber-of-commerces-jobs_n_646337.html

[msongs]

1. cut corporate welfare and tax deductions for meals - everyone has to eat BUT not everyone

has to eat at $1000 dollar per plate restaurants because they can write it off.

Msongs

[FiveGoodMen]

2. That's the enemy talking, there.

Don't know what to recommend, but start by recognizing America's enemies when you see/hear-about them.

[Enthusiast]

13. That is the enemy.

They could care less if 75% of the population lived in abject poverty.

[iamjoy]

3. They're Killing Grandma!

At least when the Liberals were killing Grandma it was a nice, quick pull the plug - something pain-free. They want Grandma to starve to death!

(ya'll know I understand the Liberals were never trying to kill Grandma - I'm just playing with their rhetoric)

[bergie321]

4. Nationalize Defense Industry

Why should corporations profit from defense contracts?

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Riiight, The Chamber of Commerce. Just the ones to look to for help...

The damn handmaidens to the corporations... Perfect. Just perfect.

[valerief]

6. Off with their heads! You know who I mean. nt

[w4rma]

7. That organazation needs to be brought into line with reality. It's run by far right ideologues.

They can't be convinced. They'll need to be replaced.

[Jefferson23]

8. Extend Bush's tax cuts and we're spending 50 million on electing

Republicans. Come on Democrats, take these bastards to task in the press.

[glitch]

9. More evidence (as if we needed it) Chamber of Commerce is NOT on Main Street's side. nt

[depakid]

10. That ANY small business deals with these people anymore is amazing

Only in America....

[marmar]

11. I would love to see the Chamber of Commerce crash and burn.....

:nuke:

[neverforget]

12. Move the jobs over there so we don't have to pay them here.

That should be the Chambers motto. I hate these fucking corporate terrorists.

[Enthusiast]

14. "Corporate terrorists"

Good term and accurate.

[yurbud]

15. if taxes were cut much more for the wealthy, we would just be cutting them checks...

oh wait, we did do that with the BAILOUTS.