This needs to be spread near and far. Make the tradmed cover it.
Think Progress has an exclusive:
Exclusive: Chamber Receives At Least $885,000 From Over 80 Foreign Companies In Disclosed Donations Alone
In addition to multinational members of the Chamber headquartered abroad (like BP, Shell Oil, and Siemens), a new ThinkProgress investigation has identified at least 84 other foreign companies that actively donate to the Chamber’s 501(c)(6).
Go here for the list: Think Progress
Again, all of these annual dues are collected in the same 501(c)(6) the Chamber is using to run partisan attack ads. The data above reflects information from public sources, and the Chamber likely has many more foreign corporations as dues-paying members — but refuses to divulge any of the funders for their ad campaign. Unfortunately, many reporters in the traditional press covered the Chamber story, but missed the entire point of our reporting. Most reporters (from the New York Times, McClatchy, the Associated Press, etc.) never contacted ThinkProgress, instead opting to only interview Chamber officials.
Think Progress
It's amazing to see how many Indian companies care so much about our politics and want Republicans to win. Here are just a few (starting in the "I"s. There are many others from "A" to "I."). Go to Think Progress to read the list.
Ireo Management Gurgoan, India $15,000
ITC Group Kolkata, India $15,000
J. Sagar Associates Mumbai, India $15,000
J.B.Boda Insurance Mumbai, India $7,500
J.M. Baxi & Co. Mumbai, India $15,000
Jagran Prakashan Kanpur, India $7,500
Jindal Power New Delhi, India $15,000
Jubilant Organosys Noida, India $7,500
Kimaya Energy New Delhi, India $15,000
Kotak Mahindra Mumbai, India $7,500
KPIT Cummins Pune, India $7,500
Larsen & Toubro Mumbai, India $15,000
Leela Hotels Bengaluru, India $7,500
Luthra & Luthra New Delhi, India $15,000
Majmudar & Company Mumbai, India $7,500
NIIT Technologies Delhi, India $15,000
Nishith Desai Associates Mumbai, India $15,000
Oberoi Group Dehli,India $7,500
Patni Americas Mumbai, India $15,000
Punj Lloyd Gurgaon, India $15,000
Panbaxy, Inc. Gurgaon, India $7,500
Reliance Industries Mumbai, India $15,000
Reliance Communications Navi Mumbai, India $7,500
Rolta Mumbai, India $7,500
SKP Crossborder Consulting Mumbai, India $7,500
State Bank of India Mumbai, India $15,000
Tata Group Mumbai, India $15,000
Tatva Legal India $15,000
Trilegal India $7,500
Walchandnagar Industries Mumbai, India $7,500
Welspun Mumbai, India $7,500
Wipro Bangalore, India $15,000
Outsourcing/Offshoring American jobs?
Here's how it works
Here’s how the Chamber’s unusual foreign fundraising operation works. According to this internal Chamber staff chart obtained by ThinkProgress, the Chamber has an international division devoted to promoting free trade and related policy issues. U.S. Chamber staffers, based here in Washington, D.C. with offices in the Chamber’s building at 1615 H Street, create bilateral "Business Councils" fundraising programs to solicit money from foreign corporations in Korea, Egypt, Brazil, Bahrain, India, and other places. For instance, the Chamber’s US-Egypt Business Council directs potential members to wire their checks to the US Chamber of Commerce. The application also notes that checks should be marked "ATTN: Leila Vossoughi." Vossaoughi is a regular staffer at the Chamber. Promotions to join the Chamber have included promises that foreign firms obtain "access to the US Chamber of Commerce and everything that it does" and pledges to help the foreign firms promote free trade policies in America. All of the staffers who manage the Business Councils work directly for the Chamber. These Business Councils are nothing like the Chamber’s AmChams, which are foreign affiliates of the Chamber composed of American and foreign businesses abroad. Business Councils are based in the Chamber and even hosted on the U.S. Chamber’s website domain. Bylaws from the US-Bahrain Business Council confirm that the money the U.S. Chamber raises from these applications — which welcome foreign-owned businesses — goes into the Chamber’s 501(c)(6).
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Update I: Thank Think Progress for originally breaking this story and following up on it. The tradmed ignored it. They are just about worthless. Yes, you, Chuck Todd and Mark Halperin.
Please spread the Think Progress Link on facebook, twitter, howwever else it can be gotten to the people. Not my diary, but Think Progress.
Update II: Think Progress connects the dots in another post:
Two simple facts remain irrefutable when it comes to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s election spending. First, the Chamber accepts foreign money, which by its own admission goes into a general 501(c)(6) account. Second, the Chamber is buying massive amounts of political advertising from that account — just this week, the Chamber spent an unprecedented $10 million on advertising in competitive House and Senate districts.
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More data is available at Campaign Money Watch. "The Chamber is raising foreign corporate money and supporting policies that lead to the outsourcing of American jobs overseas," said David Donnelly, the group’s director.
Update III:
FYI...State Bank of India is owned by Indian Govt (2+ / 0-)
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Posted this below but this me thinks is quite a big info.
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst/Are full of passionate intensity."---William Butler Yeats.
by joy sinha on Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 12:17:19 PM PDT
Update IV: There is a real offshoring aspect to this.
Remember, this is only the publicly available info. There may be much more being kept hidden. But just with that, the offshoring your jobs away theme jumps out. Dems that want to win should be using this, NOW! Blue dogs, of course, cannot, because they must kiss the asses of the rich here and overseas. Gutless asskissers those blue dogs are. But Real Dems should hit on this.
By Country (1+ / 0-)
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Australia - 15,000
Canada - 37,500
Dubai - 20,000
France - 15,000
Germany - 7,500
India - 615,000
Kingdom of Bahrain - 70,000
Netherlands - 15,000
Singapore - 15,000
Switzerland - 30,000
UK - 45,000
India sure jumps out there. I'm actually surprised that Saudi Arabia and China don't appear on this list. Makes me think that perhaps there's more data out there.
Somewhere in heaven, Paul Simon and Paul Wellstone are looking down and asking "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING?!"
by nightsweat on Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 01:17:19 PM PDT
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Wipro and Tata are huge off-shoring Techs (3+ / 0-)
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If the US govt was worth a shit they would have forced companies to report how many jobs got off-shored over the past decade. It is dumbfounding that experts can't figure out why there is NO JOBS RECOVERY.
IT'S THE OFF-SHORING STUPID!!
Don't let the "Perfect" (i.e. Honest Government) be the Enemy of the "Good" (a.k.a. Corporate Looting of the Taxpayer).
by CitizenOfEarth on Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 01:37:13 PM PDT
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Wipro is one of the top outsourcing co's in India (1+ / 0-)
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from wikipedia
Business Process Outsourcing: Wipro provides business process outsourcing services in areas Finance & Accounting, Procurement, HR Services, Loyalty Services and Knowledge Services. In 2002, Wipro acquiring Spectramind and became one of the largest BPO service players.
Pollution isn't free.
by Frameshift on Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 01:37:38 PM PDT
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That is which side the Chamber of Commerce and Republicans are on. Their jobs program is sending YOUR job overseas.