Gasp! The indignity! U.S. Chamber head warns of excessive regulation in wake of oil spill

[babylonsister]

Jeeze, can these guys hear themselves?

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/100475-us-chamber-head-warns-of-excessive-regulation-in-wake-of-oil-spill

U.S. Chamber head warns of excessive regulation in wake of oil spill
By Kevin Bogardus - 05/28/10 11:57 AM ET


A powerful business association leader said Friday that lawmakers need to avoid excessive regulation in the aftermath of a catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill, or risk hurting the U.S. economy. 



“I am not too much of an advocate of doing the surgery before the diagnosis,” Tom Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, told reporters at a breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor.



Donohue said the federal government already is stepping up its regulation of the oil industry. He noted the Obama administration’s proposal to split the Minerals Management Service into three agencies as well as the exit this week of its director, Elizabeth Birnbaum.



“This is the idea that we have to cover our political a-- in a very, very difficult time. By the way, both parties do this kind of thing,” Donohue said of policymakers. “But I think right now what we need is a calm resolve to do three things. A: Stop the oil. B: Clean it up. And C: Figure out what happened and how going to deal with it.”

Donohue warned that overregulation could hurt U.S. business.



“There is a mentality in this Congress and this administration that the more regulation, the better,” Donohue said. “When you over-regulate, you under-job. When you over-regulate, you under-economy. We need to be very, very careful that we don’t have the tail wagging the dog around here.”

[Brickbat]

1. Sometimes I firmly believe the U.S. Chamber of Commerce hates this country.

[Chulanowa]

2. Nah. They see us like we see Taiwan

A cheap place full of cheap workers. They love us, in a Bobby Brown kind of way.

[blindpig]

3. Kill Capitalism

Nothing else will do.

[laughingliberal]

5. +1000 nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. Agreed

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I think that previous admins have listened far too much to these people. Time to turn a deaf ear.

[Oregone]

7. But what if they go Galt on us?

That will be worse than an oil spill. They have special DNA

[Ruby the Liberal]

8. "Before a diagnosis"? Here's your diagnosis: NO PLAN B

The stupid is really off the charts lately.

[BlueJazz]

9. The Chamber of Commerce has always been the Scum of the Earth and..

..(most likely) will always be scum.

Anything that helps the filthy Rich is fine by them...

[Dr.Phool]

10. Fuck him and his fellow board member Don Blankenship.

I guess coal don't need no stinking regulations either.

[randr]

11. The U.S. Chamber is the most misnamed organization

They pretend to represent the interests of small businesses in America and constantly carry water for the corporate predators such as BP, not even an American Company.
Think of all the small businesses that have lost their livelihoods due to this debacle. The lack of regulation has put American people out of work.

[Xipe Totec]

12. Tom Donohue? Sounds more like Edward Doheny

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=379&topic_id=798&mesg_id=950

[muntrv]

13. "...or risk hurting the US economy." Tell that to the gulf fishermen and shrimpers.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

14. K&R