Somebody explain to me in very simple terms why the Tea Party, which I’m sure considers itself to be pro-free-enterprise, is opposed by the Chambers of Commerce, who are supposedly about exactly that????
They give money, then the Rep. or Senator has to do whatever this group wants them to do, sponsor a bill, or vote a certain way...
The Chamber wants to keep wages as low as possible.
“Somebody explain to me in very simple terms why the Tea Party, which I’m sure considers itself to be pro-free-enterprise, is opposed by the Chambers of Commerce, who are supposedly about exactly that????”
The Chamber of Commerce is not for free-enterprise. It is for using political power to get taxpayer money and government enforced regulations that favor CoC members. That is not free enterprise.
the tea party is a group of self-generalled conservative individuals of all creeds, backgrounds, and yes political parties who are loosely organized by the principles of our founding, and, i might add, the nucleus of this group is governed by Christian principle and law.
it is certainly pro-free enterprise as defined by free, unfettered markets where individuals voluntarily agree on an exchange of goods without undue outside apparance. that principle of economic governance is clearly, imo, Biblically derived.
the Chamber of Commerce is decidedly not pro-free enterprise by any sense of the definition of free-enterprise given above.