U.S. Chamber of Commerce Has No Allegiance to United States

Two decades ago, Ralph Nader wrote to one hundred American companies asking them to pledge allegiance to the United States before every stockholder meeting, since all of them accepted federal government subsidies and tax breaks.  Only one company responded favorably.  All others dismissed or jeered at his request.

Business interests see themselves as transnationalist.  They have no allegiance to the United States.  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce exemplifies this ideology.  They have a history of siding with our enemies.  Some would say they’re in league with countries that wish to do us harm.  An Iranian news agency reported the Chamber and several other business groups were secretly conspiring to undermine U.S. policy by torpedoing economic sanctions.  The U.S. Chamber denied these allegations of course.  However, the end result is working out in their favor.

We must ask ourselves, why is it that republican senators would pass a law that would circumvent the treaty processes in the U.S. Constitution?  Who in their right mind would allow Barack Obama a free hand in negotiating with our enemies by giving him the authority to veto the Senate’s rejection of his so-called “executive agreement” with Iran?  We don’t have to look any farther than the U.S Chamber of Commerce.

We can also surmise that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is behind Barack Obama’s reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba, and eventual lifting of the trade embargo .  Here is an excerpt from one of their press releases:

Over the past 30 years, some sanctions legislation has imposed restrictions on commercial activity in an extraterritorial fashion that incites economic, diplomatic, and legal conflicts with our allies. In the past, U.S. laws imposing restrictions on the activities of European subsidiaries of U.S. multinationals have met with intense resistance from European governments. While the United States eventually lifted the restrictions, the damage to its foreign policy goals had been done. 

Not only do such moves undermine efforts to build a consensus for multilateral action, they make the United States more vulnerable to international commercial complaints. They can also damage U.S. leadership by greatly expanding the universe of entities subject to countersanctions to include insurers, creditors, and foreign subsidiaries.

There is no better example of the ineffectiveness of U.S. unilateral sanctions than Washington's policy toward Cuba. Implemented in October 1960 to pressure Fidel Castro to democratize, the Cuban embargo arguably has helped prop up the current regime. No one seriously argues that the Cuban dictatorship could have withstood five decades of free trade, free markets, and free enterprise, powered by its own entrepreneurial citizens.

While the current isolation of Cuba has far outlasted its original purpose, U.S. policies impose real costs. A March 2010 study by Texas A&M University indicates that easing restrictions on agricultural exports and lifting the travel ban could result in up to $365 million in additional sales of U.S. goods and create 6,000 new jobs in the United States. 

A comprehensive review of U.S. unilateral economic sanctions is overdue. From the five-decade old embargo on Cuba to proposals for extraterritorial sanctions on other countries, unilateral sanctions bring a host of unintended and unhelpful consequences. It's time to put an end to these damaging policies.

 Of course, we’re expected to believe Cuba will unleash their entrepreneurial spirit with this wave of U.S. commerce when in reality only the Castro regime will profit off of this infusion of cash.  We can also expect the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to pick the pockets of taxpayers to fund their dictatorial ventures.

Source:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/chamber-denies-communicating-opposition-to-sanctions-to-iranian-counterpart

http://www.nftc.org/newsflash/newsflash.asp?Mode=View&id=236&articleid=2974&category=All

https://www.uschamber.com/above-the-fold/dump-the-cuba-embargo-americans-say

https://www.uschamber.com/issue-brief/oppose-unilateral-economic-sanctions

Transnationalist Demand Amnesty, Undermine National Sovereignty

It wasn’t so long ago, the Washington D.C. creatures tried to shove amnesty down our throats.  The American people stood up and shamed those politicians who dared to reward a group of people who have demonstrated their disregard for our laws and sovereignty.

A decade hasn’t passed, and the same people are at it again.  One vociferous advocate for amnesty is the Chamber of Commerce.  President and CEO, Tom Donohue, held a press conference demanding our elected officials do something to legitimize these illegal alien diasporas.  Here is the video.

A while back, I read Samuel P. Huntington’s book:  Who Are We?  The Challenges to America’s National Identity.   In it he addressed the motives and aspirations of transnational elites, whom have no allegiance to a nation state.  They see themselves as global citizens.  Here is an excerpt:

Economic transnationals are the nucleus of an emerging global superclass.  “As debates about global economic integration rage on, at least one of its effects has become clear,” the Global Business Policy Council asserts.  “The rewards of an increasingly integrated global economy have brought forth new global elite.  Labeled ‘Davos Men,’ ‘gold –collar workers’ or … ‘cosmocrats,’ this emerging class is empowered by new notions of global connectedness.  It includes academics, international civil servants, and executives in global companies, as well as successful high-technology entrepreneurs.”  Estimated to number about 20 million in 2000, of whom 40 percent were American, this elite is expected to double in size by 2010.  Less than 4 percent of the American people, these transnationals have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing, and see national governments as residues from the past whose only useful function now is to facilitate the elite’s global operations.  In the coming years, one corporate executive confidently predicted, “the only people who will care about national boundaries are politicians.”

Isn’t it interesting that Professor Huntington mentions “Davos Men”?  One of the biggest advocates for amnesty in the U.S. Senate is Senator John McCain.  Here he is with George Soros at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Transnationalism is being taught at our colleges and universities.  Here is another excerpt, this time demonstrating academia’s role in undermining our sovereignty:

Professor Martha Nussbaum of the University of Chicago denounced emphasis on “patriotic pride” as “morally dangerous,” urged the ethical superiority of cosmopolitanism over patriotism, and argued that people should direct their “allegiance” to the “world community of human beings.”  Professor Amy Gutmann of Princeton argued that it was “repugnant” for American students to learn that they are, “above all, citizens of the United States or to some other politically sovereign community,” but to “democratic humanism.”  Professor Richard Sennett of New York University denounced “the evil of a shared national identity” and judged the erosion of national sovereignty “basically a positive phenomenon.”  Professor George Lipsitz of the University of California, San Diego, argued that “in recent years refuge in patriotism has been the first resort of scoundrels of all sorts.”  Professor Cecilia O’Leary of American University saw the articulation of American patriotism as right-wing, militaristic, male, white, Anglo, and repressive.  Professor Betty Jean Craige of the University of Georgia also attacked patriotism because of its association with military prowess.  Professor Peter Spiro of Hofstra University approvingly concluded that it is “increasingly difficult to use the word “we” in the context of international affairs.”   In the past people used the word “we” with reference to the nation-state, but now affiliation with the nation-state “no longer necessarily defines the interest or even allegiance of the individual at the international level.”

Transnationalists view our notions of citizenship and national sovereignty as antiquated and puerile.  They have as much regard for Americans as the 20 million illegals who have invaded our country.

Source: http://universalfreepress.com/is-john-mccain-posing-for-pictures-with-his-boss/

http://www.amazon.com/Who-Are-We-Challenges-Americas/dp/0684870541

Transnationals Target N.C. Legislators for Amnesty

A group of self-loathing Americans has targeted North Carolina legislators.  These transnationals are willing to bribe and intimidate three republican congressmen as a means to legitimize illegal aliens that have invaded our country. 

WASHINGTON While the immigration debate has been put on the back burner in Washington, national and local business heavyweights are working behind the scenes – and using their financial might – to press House Republicans to bring legislation overhauling the immigration system to a vote.

The well-organized groups are led by some of the biggest names in business, such as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. They’ve set their sights on GOP members in the South like N.C. Reps. Renee Ellmers of Dunn, Richard Hudson of Concord and George Holding of Raleigh, who they feel can be compelled to support an overhaul.

The groups have recruited the top business leaders in technology, agriculture, manufacturing and chambers of commerce in each of their districts to help deliver a unified message that immigration legislation is crucial to the success of the North Carolina economy.

The cadre of business leaders extends well beyond Bloomberg and Zuckerberg. Partnership for a New American Economy, led by Bloomberg, also includes Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, Rupert Murdoch of News Corp., and Bill Marriott of Marriott hotels. Zuckerberg’s group, FWD.us, includes Napster co-founder Sean Parker and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

Zuckerberg told members of Congress recently that he plans to spend $50 million on advertisements supporting members of Congress who support an immigration overhaul and pressuring others who may be on the fence.

It’s part of a campaign blitz that will launch a month of rallies and television spots that will culminate with an Oct. 28 business summit in Washington, D.C., that’s expected to attract hundreds of business leaders from around the country.

We have a record number of able bodied Americans who are unemployed and are on some form of welfare.  Yet, these so-called business leaders are asking themselves what they have done lately for comprehensive immigration reform.  I have a question.  What have you done lately to get an American off the couch and back to work?

Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/10/06/4369557/nc-lawmakers-wooed-by-groups-pushing.html#.UlS1ZFBJO7N#storylink=cpy