"anti business." Why are we not hearing about this over and over again? People think the Chamber of Commerce as a small town civic booster. Truth is, it is a ruthless anti worker organization. They tend to oppose living wage initiatives as well as unions.
Guess which party they will deem to be anti business?
This is from January 2008 but still holds true today. I wonder why its partisan agenda has not been brought up over and over again.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-chamber8jan08,0,4301350.storyChamber of Commerce vows to punish anti-business candidates
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“We plan to build a grass-roots business organization so strong that when it bites you in the butt, you bleed,” chamber President Tom Donohue said.
The group indicates it will spend in excess of the approximately $60 million it put out in the last presidential cycle.
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The chamber has become a significant force in state and national politics under Donohue's decade of leadership. Once a notably bipartisan trade association with a limited budget and limited influence, it has hugely increased its political fundraising and developed new ways to spend money on behalf of pro-business candidates.
Under Donohue, the organization has also frequently aligned itself with GOP priorities.
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In 2000, drug companies paid the chamber to run advertisements in Michigan to help elect then-Republican Sen. Spencer Abraham. Pharmaceutical companies that year gave the chamber additional millions to run issue ads attacking mostly Democratic House candidates. And large corporations paid $1 million or more to support advertising campaigns against judges deemed too friendly to plaintiffs.
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