America's infrastructure is crumbling, hurting our competitiveness as other countries spend hundreds of billions. The Chamber of Commerce claims it supports spending on infrastructure. President Obama should call them on it because a majority of the public supports rebuilding our infrastructure and millions of us need work. The President should tell the Chamber to take its rhetoric seriously and support spending what is needed. Imagine the jobs it would create and the boost it would give to our economy now and in the future. The President should make it the centerpiece of his re-election campaign.
washingtontimes.com — Obama reaches out to businesses Urges Chamber of Commerce to put money and people to work
"The president cannot make peace with a chamber committed to opposing every reform vital for the nation's economy," said Robert Borosage, co-director of Campaign for America's Future. "But he can use this visit not to pander to the Chamber, but to challenge it — challenging it to represent the companies that are its members, not the ideologues that have been its allies."
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Ev’rywhere you go;
Take a look in Tiffany’s store, glistening once again
With Wall Street bonus trinkets all aglow.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Art flies from Christie’s.
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For the most wealthy.
Hedge funders content, still paying 15 percent
Is the wish more »
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Originally published by David Arkush and Taylor Lincoln at the Watchdog Blog.
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