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re: The US Chamber of Commerce has a solution to the labor shortage
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:24 pm to boosiebadazz
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:24 pm to boosiebadazz
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The Chamber of Commerce is a trade group made up of those publicly-traded Fortune 500 companies. All they can do is lobby Congress, not make actual policy.
Right. So they are what we would call the guys who pull the strings.
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:28 pm to ninthward
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Are you this stupid?
This is actually what people have been saying against the 15.00 minimum wage and now you want to import labor for?? - CHEAP LABOR COSTS
Seriuously you are retarded right?
Why are the two mutually exclusive? I guess one distinguishing factor is most of those minimum-wage jobs are dependent on geography (i.e can’t outsource serving the fast food burger to India), but the principle is still the same. Maximize profits for shareholders.
The more interesting question is whether a movement will start similar to the climate activists (who just voted out two board members at Shell and voted to make Chevron cut their emissions) whereby a group comes together to encourage native employment even to the detriment of shareholder value. Buy up blocks and begin voting at shareholder meetings. In the right industry with the right PR to accompany it, maybe you could gain market share to offset or minimize the rise in labor costs by hiring American and/or onshoring jobs.
This post was edited on 6/1/21 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:28 pm to UAinSOUTHAL
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We need restaurant workers, fast food workers etc. Visa workers aren’t coming to the US to work those jobs.
Actually they do. Go to some resort areas and you will see loads of foreigners working those jobs.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:29 pm to boosiebadazz
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The Chamber of Commerce is a trade group made up of those publicly-traded Fortune 500 companies. All they can do is lobby Congress, not make actual policy
You can bet they have their own attorneys who literally author the legislation and it is copied and pasted verbatim and codified as law.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:30 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
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Right. So they are what we would call the guys who pull the strings.
Or private actors acting in their rational self-interest.
Blame the politicians who listen to them to the detriment of the American worker and who refuse to change the system that incentives insider dealing and the K Street rotating door.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:31 pm to boosiebadazz
well not certain if you are retarded but you are dense as a mother fricker
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:33 pm to ninthward
what a great response Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:38 pm to Powerman
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You can bet they have their own attorneys who literally author the legislation and it is copied and pasted verbatim and codified as law.
Certainly. As most big trade groups and lobbying firms do.
But I can’t fault them for advocating for policies that directly benefits their shareholders. You can make the argument they’re almost required to do so.
This post was edited on 6/1/21 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:41 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
It’s always funny as hell when the US chamber and open border nuts in both parties act like the laws of supply and demand suddenly don’t exist when immigration is the topic.
And equally just as pathetic when they try to gaslight you into believing they’re a big supporter of the American working class and the middle class.
And equally just as pathetic when they try to gaslight you into believing they’re a big supporter of the American working class and the middle class.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:41 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
Frick them
How about we stop all the unemployment and send their asses back to work.
How about we stop all the unemployment and send their asses back to work.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:48 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
Good ol’ Country Club RINO style Pub infused CoC. Love that cheap labor.
They are predictable if nothing else.
They are predictable if nothing else.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:34 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
The chamber of communist are anti-America. Always have been.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:37 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:43 pm to boosiebadazz
If you think capitalism is anything more than a theory at this point or some reflection of our system you've been completely brainwashed.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:50 pm to boosiebadazz
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Blame the politicians who listen to them
We live in an oligarchy. The people in power are either oligarchs, or work for oligarchs.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:51 pm to BuckyCheese
J1 Visa employees. It’s a three month work visa for college students.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:57 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
I haven’t been a member of the chamber in a long time, but I regret the time I was early in my career.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:12 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
We need enhanced unemployment benefits beause people can’t find jobs.
Also, we need to import more labor because we can’t fill all these jobs.
Also, we need to import more labor because we can’t fill all these jobs.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 12:00 am to Lima Whiskey
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J1 Visa employees. It’s a three month work visa for college students.
more overstayed visas than illegal border crossings
Posted on 6/2/21 at 12:24 am to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
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I'm all about capitalism, and of course companies are supposed to worry about their bottom line. My beef is with the Chamber and with our government who uses our tax dollars to take care of everyone except us.
I'm as capitalist as the next guy but also understand there is such a thing as being a good corporate citizen. Companies can still turn a solid profit while being a benefit to their city, state, and country.
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