La Camara de Comercio le dice a Obama que la economia sufre mientras el ataca a los negocios.
"El presidente y el Congreso no estan mirando a la pelota" (como cuando se juega y no se mira a la bola) dijo Tom Donohue, presidente del Chamber of Commerce.
La incertidumbre esta impactando a la economia, el aumento de regulacion esta afectando a la economia, dijo.
En lugar de continuar siendo socios con la comunidad empresarial y apoyar a implementar politicas que se ha comprobado que funcionan, el presidente y el congreso se han dedicado a atacar a las industria y se han embarcado en politicas que solo aumentan el tamanio del gobierno de manera equivocada, incrementa los impuestos, el deficit y da regulaciones que destruye la creacion del empleo, dijo la Camara de Comercio.
Lo mejor que podria hacer Obama es declarar que no se aumentaran impuestos hasta que la economia no este totalmente recuperada.
Obama Vilifies Business as Economy Suffers, U.S. Chamber Says
By Mark Drajem - Jul 14, 2010
Congress and “the administration took their eye off the ball,” Tom Donohue, the Chamber of Commerce president, said at a “Jobs Summit” it held in Washington. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg
Play VideoJuly 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue talks about the "uncertainty" over pending regulations and its impact on the U.S. economy. Donohue, speaking on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop With Betty Liu," also discusses labor market policies and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's relationship with the White House. (Source: Bloomberg)
Attachment: Letter From Emanuel and Jarrett
Attachment: Chamber Letter to Obama The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said President Barack Obama’s administration has “vilified” businesses, pursuing tax and regulatory policies that risk pushing the economy into a double-dip recession.
The Chamber, the biggest lobbying group for U.S. business, drew a retort from the White House for its rhetoric. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett said “lax regulation” during the previous administration led to the financial crisis that threw the economy into the worst decline since the 1930s.
Congress and “the administration took their eye off the ball,” Tom Donohue, the Chamber’s president, said at a “Jobs Summit” it held in Washington today. “They embarked on a course of rapid government expansion, major tax increases and suffocating regulations -- going well beyond what had to be done to keep the economy out of a depression.”
The Chamber, which spent more than $30 million lobbying this year, believes the prospect of pending health, financial, environmental and other regulations is stifling business spending and curtailing the economic recovery, Donohue said.
The administration and the Democratic-led Congress worked with business on stimulus legislation in early 2009 that averted an economic collapse, the Chamber said in a letter today to Obama.
“Instead of continuing their partnership with the business community and embracing proven ideas for job creation, they vilified industries while embarking on an ill-advised course of government expansion, major tax increases, massive deficits, and job-destroying regulations,” the Chamber said.
‘Surprised, Disappointed’
Emanuel and Jarrett responded in a letter to the Chamber that they were “surprised and disappointed” by the group’s rhetoric. The administration has focused “every single day” on creating jobs and wants to work with businesses to do so, the aides said.
“We will not, however, accept the lax regulation of the financial industry that led to the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression,” they said in the letter. “And we will not stand by while oil and gas companies continue to fight needed changes to outdated regulations that are partially responsible for one of the worst environmental crises in American history.”
Efforts by the administration to overhaul health care, Wall Street and oil regulations has led to companies being “demonized,” Donohue said.
Tax Holiday Sought
Stan Anderson, managing director of the Chamber’s Campaign for Free Enterprise, said the group wants the government to raise revenue without increasing individual taxes, such as reinstituting a tax holiday on corporations’ overseas income. A 2004 tax holiday let companies that stockpiled dollars overseas bring the money into the U.S. at a rate of 5.25 percent instead of the 35 percent they otherwise would owe.
The Chamber also is urging sales of minerals and timber on government land, which it says could raise more than $1 trillion.
The organization wants Obama to support continuing the tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush in 2001 and 2003.
The cost of extending the cuts for the most prosperous Americans would be about $55 billion for a year. Obama campaigned for the presidency saying he would preserve middle- class tax cuts while letting taxes on the rich rise to previous levels.
One of the best things Obama could do for the economic outlook would be to declare today that those taxes will not be raised until the economy is back at full health, Donohue said.
“In one bold move, this would substantially boost investor, business, and consumer confidence and infuse our economy with fresh momentum,” he said.
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