U.S. Chamber of Commerce, then and now
November 23, 2009Jon Brooks 1 Comment »The U.S. Chamber of Commerce opposes the House and Senate health care bills. Online, they have posted a “Health Care Toolkit” consisting of talking points, suggested emails and letters, videos from their national ad campaign, and other material for those who’d like to stall the current push toward reform.
But here’s an extract from a short animated Chamber film from 1954. Although melodramatic in the style of the times, the anti-government, anti-tax rhetoric isn’t much different from that of today.
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[...] U.S. Chamber of Commerce, then and now – Short and melodramatic animated Chamber film from 1954 features the same anti-government, anti-tax rhetoric you hear today. [...]