Chamber of Commerce Finally Being Exposed

[otohara]

as cheerleaders for outsourcing American jobs .... Looking back on all the old articles from so-called experts got it so wrong.


Here's President of the Chamber - Tom Donohue speaking about the joys of outsourcing from 2004.

Why outsourcing – and how much of it are U.S. firms doing?

The concept of outsourcing is nothing new. In making a product or delivering a service, businesses have always depended on the core competencies and expertise of other companies to make their products better at a lower cost.

Take, for example, car manufacturers. They don't make tires or spark plugs. Instead, they depend on their suppliers to do that for them because the suppliers can do it better and more efficiently.

The carmakers then put all the pieces together to form the final product that we drive away from the dealership.

Well, the same thing is happening now on a wider scale. Most of the time, the work that is farmed out by a company stays within the same zip code, the same state, or the same country.

In fact, the greatest, most significant wave of outsourcing ever to occur anywhere was the massive movement over the last several decades of the 20th century from the so-called rust belt to the so-called sun belt of our own country.

As Californians join the debate over the current wave of outsourcing, they would do well to remember that perhaps no other society in the world has benefited more from the migration of money, people and jobs than California. http://www.uschamber.com/press/speeches/2004/us-jobs-and-trade-debate-why-outsourcing-good-america



“outsourcing has made the manufacturing process more efficient and productive, which has helped consumers and our overall economy. Outsourcing allows manufacturers to buy components from a vast array of suppliers, lowering costs for the manufacturer who is able to pass on the savings to consumers.” An even more straightforward endorsement came from Donohue during an appearance on CNN in February 2004: “here are legitimate values in outsourcing — not only jobs, but work — to gain technical experience and benefits we don’t have here, to lower the price of products, which means more and more of them are brought into the United States, used, for example, I.T., much broader use than it was 10 years ago, create more and more jobs.” http://debtreductionus.com/health/?p=131082

It took years to outsource millions of American jobs and they still aren't finished.

[matt819]

1. Well, exposed to the larger public

A few years ago I was the head of a small chamber of commerce. When I realized what the us chamber was all about, I terminated our membership in it. But I do recall attending a meeting of heads of other chambers in the state, and the rep from the regional office of the us chamber was invited to speak. This was around 2004. When the guy who set up the meeting introduced the local us chamber rep, he did so by welcoming the local representative of the republican par. . . no, the us chamber. It's been well known for a long time, but their true sleaziness and vile policies are now being exposed to a larger public audience.

[Historic NY]

2. Some people think local chambers aren't affiliated but they are.......

they plan the junkets to China and other countries. Most of the Republicans here went this past spring on one.

[otohara]

3. They're Doing A Cruise to China

sounds like a real ball (and) chain.....