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April 06, 2006
McKinney Mania Catches on at Black Chamber
Everything Republicans do is racist I suppose. Check out this item from the National Black Chamber of Commerce:
5. Now the Bigots want to Kill the SBA: Right wing conservative think tanks have found a new target. Being that they can’t thoroughly kill affirmative action through hate initiatives and stacking the commission of the US Civil Rights Commission with anti-civil rights fanatics, they now want to kill the SBA. It appears to them that the SBA has done too much for Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native Americans and Women-owned businesses. Providing loans and contracts that would otherwise not touch these segments, they are furious that not all lending and contractual opportunities go strictly to white males. Job creation in minority communities and women leaving the kitchen are considered threats to them. Think tank Groups such as the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research have gone on the attack. Let’s rise and beat them back. Congress should be put on notice: Trying to kill the SBA will be like trying to kill your political career – LITERALLY. We are watching.
This is in reaction to the following hearing:
An April 6 hearing called by U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is one of the precursors to eliminating the Small Business Administration, says a California small business advocate.
The hearing will be biased toward elimination of the SBA because of the witnesses on its agenda, says Lloyd Chapman, president of the Petaluma-based American Small Business League.
A key witness scheduled to testify is Veronique de Rugy of the American Enterprise Institute, Mr. Chapman says.
Ms. de Rugy has advocated abolishing the SBA, contending that common beliefs about small business are wrong. She says when it comes to jobs, the greatest job creation comes when small companies become big companies.
What I find interesting in the eBlast that was sent to me is the advertisers on the email:
Verizon
Comcast
Exxon Mobile
Altria
Wells Fargo
and...(drum roll)
the United States Postal Service.
I have a HUGE issue with my tax dollars being spent in advertising fees to such an inflamatory organization!
Posted by Aaron at April 6, 2006 07:30 AM
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We need the SBA, but last I heard most people running Small Business in this country are not Black... Yes this is highly inflmmatory.
Posted by: Tfl at April 6, 2006 10:27 AM
Isn't the post office self sustaining, w/o your tax dollars?
Wouldn't ads generate more money than they spend?
Posted by: paul at April 6, 2006 08:51 PM
I'm not sure how they get "rascist" out of killing the SBA. That would tend to hurt everybody that wants to join the entreprenurial class.
Posted by: IaintBacchus at April 7, 2006 01:11 PM
The "black" Chamber of Commerce? That sounds racist to me.
Posted by: DoubleU at April 8, 2006 09:43 AM
Not that this post, other than the caption, is about McKinney, but as a strong leftist, I'm nevertheless only too happy to agree she's an embarassment and there's no way to see her "racist" "sexist" defense as anything but pathetic. I do note, happily, that she got very little support, even from her own caucus; nor should she have.
Posted by: Dr. Sid at April 8, 2006 07:20 PM
She's the kind of person that doesn't tip cabbies.
Posted by: paul at April 8, 2006 09:39 PM