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With the Chamber of Commerce's lurch toward operating as an outright wing of the Republican party this year, I suspect it's only a matter of time before we'll s
by gamble 16y ago
With the Chamber of Commerce's lurch toward operating as an outright wing of the Republican party this year, I suspect it's only a matter of time before we'll start to see CoC boycott campaigns.
- brianbreslin 16y agoGot a reference for this?
- gamble 16y agoA reference for my opinion?
- brianbreslin 16y agoYou are saying the CoC is in bed with the republican party, I admittedly haven't paid much attention to them other than at local levels but never saw them as being in bed with the GOP.
- gamble 16y agoI can't reply to your more deeply threaded comment, so I'll reply here. There has been many stories about the CoC this year; here's an example: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/us/politics/22chamber.html?scp=2&sq=chamber%20election&st=cse http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/us/politics/22chamber.html... The CoC is the largest lobbying organization in the US and >90% of its advertising during the 2010 election cycle went to support Republicans or attack Democrats.
- brianbreslin 16y agoThat was all I was asking for. Thank you, not sure why my asking this got so many down votes but I appreciate your response.
- sliverstorm 16y agoIn situations like that I take an abundance of downvotes to signify an entrenched outlook, or a widespread belief through the userbase that what you are questioning is 'common knowledge'. (whether or not it's actually common, has any proof, or is even true)
- brianbreslin 16y agoWell now I know. thanks for the clarification. Something about the Chamber of Commerce in the US shouldn't be considered common knowledge. Had I asked who is Steve Jobs, then I'd assume that was common knowledge HERE.
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- jbooth 16y agoYeah, and it's a damned shame, too. I used to look at the Chamber of Commerce as a pretty cool civic institution. Now they're just one more group of hacks. Especially grating to hear them talk about 'small business' when the policies they're advocating, by the dollars, are way more about entrenched big business and institutional investors.