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How can one organization be consistently wrong for almost 100 years. We can give them 100% rating.
That organization is the US Chamber of Commerce.
Take the New Deal - historians for years have credited it with saving capitalism in the U.S.
Yet Republicans are blaming the Democratic Party through FDR for the the "failure" of the New Deal.
FDR was dealing with a nation ruined by Wall Street excess - a quarter of the country was unemployed, starving and hopeless.
He gave his first Fireside Chat April 28, 1935 (just months before I was born). He outlined a legislative program that included Social Security.
The next morning a prominent official of the Chamber of Commerce accused Roosevelt of attempting to "Sovietize" America.
Next Roosevelt was trying to deal with Hitler's rise to power. FDR proposed a Lend-Lease program, to supply the allies with material they desperately needed. Only 22% of Americans opposed the Lend-Lease program. Again the Chamber was among those 22%.
Isn't it ironic that this involvement in that "foreign war" triggered the greatest boom in America's economic history
In the 1950s the Chamber helped Joe McCarthy root out communists in the trade unions.
In the 1960s the Chamber campaigned against Medicare.
In the 1980s the Chamber campaigned against a "terrible 20" burdensome rules on business, including new licensing requirements for nuclear plants and mine safety rules.
Now the Chamber is opposed to virtually every attempt to rein in pollution.
There's a reason why the US Chamber always gets it wrong: they stand with whoever gives them the most money.
They recently published a list of states they thought were the "best for business". All their top prospects ranked at the very bottom of everything from education to life expectancy.
I wish the local chambers all around the country would do something about the handful of hugh cinosaur companies that would rather lobby than adapt.
Local chambers do a great job. The LA Chamber lured the first movie producers to southern California.
The St. Louis Chamber of Commerce raised the money for Lindbergh's plane to be called the Spirit of St. Louis. I grew up in St. Louis and didn't know until 1983 when we moved to Minnesota that Lindbergh was from Little Falls.
Will a 100 years of dumb decisions by the US Chamber of Commerce outweigh the pile of money?
If you want to know which way to go look at the US Chamber of Commerce - AND GO THE OTHER DIRECTION.
That organization is the US Chamber of Commerce.
Take the New Deal - historians for years have credited it with saving capitalism in the U.S.
Yet Republicans are blaming the Democratic Party through FDR for the the "failure" of the New Deal.
FDR was dealing with a nation ruined by Wall Street excess - a quarter of the country was unemployed, starving and hopeless.
He gave his first Fireside Chat April 28, 1935 (just months before I was born). He outlined a legislative program that included Social Security.
The next morning a prominent official of the Chamber of Commerce accused Roosevelt of attempting to "Sovietize" America.
Next Roosevelt was trying to deal with Hitler's rise to power. FDR proposed a Lend-Lease program, to supply the allies with material they desperately needed. Only 22% of Americans opposed the Lend-Lease program. Again the Chamber was among those 22%.
Isn't it ironic that this involvement in that "foreign war" triggered the greatest boom in America's economic history
In the 1950s the Chamber helped Joe McCarthy root out communists in the trade unions.
In the 1960s the Chamber campaigned against Medicare.
In the 1980s the Chamber campaigned against a "terrible 20" burdensome rules on business, including new licensing requirements for nuclear plants and mine safety rules.
Now the Chamber is opposed to virtually every attempt to rein in pollution.
There's a reason why the US Chamber always gets it wrong: they stand with whoever gives them the most money.
They recently published a list of states they thought were the "best for business". All their top prospects ranked at the very bottom of everything from education to life expectancy.
I wish the local chambers all around the country would do something about the handful of hugh cinosaur companies that would rather lobby than adapt.
Local chambers do a great job. The LA Chamber lured the first movie producers to southern California.
The St. Louis Chamber of Commerce raised the money for Lindbergh's plane to be called the Spirit of St. Louis. I grew up in St. Louis and didn't know until 1983 when we moved to Minnesota that Lindbergh was from Little Falls.
Will a 100 years of dumb decisions by the US Chamber of Commerce outweigh the pile of money?
If you want to know which way to go look at the US Chamber of Commerce - AND GO THE OTHER DIRECTION.