In this weeks Media Bites we take a look at a commercial that is part of a new ad campaign by the US Chamber of Commerce called the American Free Enterprise Campaign. This campaign is designed to promote the idea that the free enterprise system is what will create new jobs in America. We point out that the US Chamber has supported policies that have resulted in a loss of US jobs as well as their lobbying of Congress for anti-worker policies. The Center for Responsive Politics has documented that the US Chamber of Commerce has spent more money lobbying Congress than any other entity since 1998.
The Consumer FInancial Protection Agency, and the Stimulus, and federal minimum wage laws all kill jobs and attack small businesses. Notice their crippling legislated requirements and taxes - their impact on the economy is harmful.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce needs to lobby congress more, to empower small business owners to make decisions about their workers and business, rather than empowering the feds.
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