White House V. Chamber

We all know about our local Chamber of Commerce, but now the national Chamber, that has worked for so long to promote American business has been put alongside Fox News on the White House's enemy list. It's not surprising that the administration doesn't like the chamber considering the fact that the U.S. Chamber is against cap and trade, and in favor of offshore drilling as well as nuclear energy-very opposite the White House.

The White House has stated that their reasoning for firing upon the Chamber is for the Chamber's lobbying, but a more reasonable explanation is possible. This White House seems to expect everyone to be on their side, and when an organization or group of people come out against their agenda, why that organization is a member of the vast, right-wing conspiracy that's hiding under the President's bed!

The Chamber is totally correct in their positions on how to grow our economy. You can't keep businesses profitable and an economy growing when your tax system punishes success and growth. You can't sustain a civilization by discouraging the use of your own energy resources, much less keep costs under control, and you can't help the wage-earner in the long run by hurting the wage-payer.

The administration has declared political war on nearly everyone who has stood up against President Obama's well-intentioned but flawed economic positions. If we look back at the Nixon Administration they only hurt themselves by fighting with the New York Times, the more that Robert Gibbs, Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod attack people the stronger their enemies will become.