US Chamber of Commerce pushes to end ‘Buy American’ rules

[Joanne98]

The United States Chamber of Commerce asked the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on Thursday to allow greater freedom in the spending of stimulus dollars.

Specifically, the Chamber, traditionally an advocate of big business and Republican economic policies, cautioned that requiring taxpayer dollars to be spent on American goods threatens the loss of billions of dollars.

“U.S. businesses and local governments are quickly waking up to the reality that Buy American restrictions are likely to cause them substantial harm, particularly if countries such as Canada retaliate with protectionism of their own, said Myron Brilliant, the chamber’s senior vice-president of international,” in a report by Canada’s Globe and Mail.

“We could be at risk for billions of dollars and we’re very concerned about those numbers,” Brilliant was quoted saying.

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/11/us-chamber-of-commerce-pushes-to-end-buy-american-rules/

Why do US businesses even belong to the Chamber? All they do is take the dues and undermine them.

With friends like the Chamber who needs enemies. Business need to stop giving them any money.

[liberal N proud]

1. There is not much American left to buy

So they want to finish the destruction of American production.

[CoffeeCat]

2. Why do they hate America?

This is so unbelievable.

It's pretty sad when our government and the corprotacracy is so bizarre and ruthless---that
you can't tell which articles are real and which articles are from The Onion.