Wednesday, June 10, 2009

U.S. Chamber to Bring Back Capitalism

Massive government intervention in the economy has spurred the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to launch an unprecedented campaign to promote a basic American principle: capitalism.


As much as $100 million will go toward public education, lobbying, grassroots organizing, and a high-profile advertising campaign over an unspecified number of years.


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“Dire economic circumstances have certainly justified some out-of-the-ordinary remedial actions by government,” said Thomas Donohue, President and CEO of the Chamber “But enough is enough. If we don’t stop the rapidly growing influence of government over private sector activity, we will squander America’s unmatched capacity to innovate and create a standard of living and free society that are the envy of the world.”


Called the Campaign for Free Enterprise, the campaign is a critical reaction to the recent involvement of many industries in advocating for more government intervention, as with automotives, health care, and finance. Energy companies have latched on to the cause of global warming to petition for public dollars, and unions are exerting more and more influence.

The Media Fall for Phony 'Jobs' Claims

The Obama Numbers Are Pure Fiction.

Tony Fratto is envious.


Mr. Fratto was a colleague of mine in the Bush administration, and as a senior member of the White House communications shop, he knows just how difficult it can be to deal with a press corps skeptical about presidential economic claims. It now appears, however, that Mr. Fratto's problem was that he simply lacked the magic words -- jobs "saved or created."


"Saved or created" has become the signature phrase for Barack Obama as he describes what his stimulus is doing for American jobs. His latest invocation came yesterday, when the president declared that the stimulus had already saved or created at least 150,000 American jobs -- and announced he was ramping up some of the stimulus spending so he could "save or create" an additional 600,000 jobs this summer. These numbers come in the context of an earlier Obama promise that his recovery plan will "save or create three to four million jobs over the next two years."


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The president should 'save or create' more jobs in Cleveland.


Mr. Fratto sees a double standard at play. "We would never have used a formula like 'save or create,'" he tells me. "To begin with, the number is pure fiction -- the administration has no way to measure how many jobs are actually being 'saved.' And if we had tried to use something this flimsy, the press would never have let us get away with it."

Canada's ObamaCare Precedent

Governments always ration care by making you wait. That can be deadly.

Congressional Democrats will soon put forward their legislative proposals for reforming health care. Should they succeed, tens of millions of Americans will potentially be joining a new public insurance program and the federal government will increasingly be involved in treatment decisions.


Not long ago, I would have applauded this type of government expansion. Born and raised in Canada, I once believed that government health care is compassionate and equitable. It is neither.


My views changed in medical school. Yes, everyone in Canada is covered by a "single payer" -- the government. But Canadians wait for practically any procedure or diagnostic test or specialist consultation in the public system.

Now Obama wants to take this out of your pocket

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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency is proposing a new definition that could be used to eliminate 8 of 10 legal pocketknives in the United States right now, according to activists who are gearing up to fight the plan.

Word of Mouth Media Book Club - Eve, Edition #1

Thank-you "Word Of Mouth Media Book Club" fans and friends for being part of the Tues, (June 9th; 8:30pm EST) evening edition and roundtable discussion of Simon U. Ford's SOCIAL TRAFFIC social media ebook/podcast and training course.

And special thanks to Crystal Allen from Paducah Kentucky, who joined us on our WOMMBC "hot seat" as our book club team gave Crystal some ideas on how she could use SOCIAL TRAFFIC social media strategies and tactics to proactively market and build her real estate practice.