For U.S. Chamber of Commerce, election was a money-loser
Source: Washington Post
The day after an election in which the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent millions of dollarsbacking losing Republican candidates, executives began the brutal process of assessing what went wrong at the nations leading business organization.
The Chamber spent nearly $24 million to defeat several high-profile Democratic Senate candidates, including Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, former governor Timothy M. Kaine in Virginia and Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. But out of 15 Senate races where the business organization put down money, only two went the Chambers way.
The results were not much better in the House, where the Chamber poured more than $7 million into 22 races, according to the CRP. The Chambers candidates picked up only four wins.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/for-chamber-of-commerce-election-was-a-money-loser/2012/11/07/ce32327c-2920-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_story.html
codjh9
(2,781 posts)cally
(21,596 posts)recommended
mac56
(17,574 posts)maddogesq
(1,245 posts)flamingdem
(39,328 posts)DCKit
(18,541 posts)Hydra
(14,459 posts)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.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)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.
DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)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
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)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.
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)and told me to hang up on them when they call peddling their 'fake businessman awards'.
We People
(619 posts)although "Chamber" and "Congress" are two words often found together!
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)but I think I'll leave it.
denvine
(802 posts)Next battle, overturn Citizens United.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)Corrupt organization.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Also other slime ball criminal groups, like the Heritage "Foundation", etc...they're just front groups for the KKKochs and Turd Rove types.
otohara
(24,135 posts)hateful MF's
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)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.)
Demeter
(85,373 posts)The time of repentance is nigh!
loudsue
(14,087 posts)they went full-hog on the Powell Manifesto in the 70's & 80's.
The Last Democrat
(73 posts)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.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)The Stranger
(11,297 posts)Hope they fucking rot and go bankrupt.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)loudsue
(14,087 posts)It's not hard to understand at all.