Over the weekend, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) tried to revive the bill by changing the way the compensation fund would be paid for. Instead of ending the foreign corporate tax loophole, Gillibrand proposed a new funding mechanism, including a 2 percent excise fee on certain foreign companies that receive U.S. government contracts. However, the Chamber still believes the bill’s offsets are unacceptable.
Asked for comment by ThinkProgress, Chamber spokesperson Tita Freeman told us that the Chamber takes no position on compensating 9/11 first responders, but absolutely opposes Gillibrand’s new funding mechanism because the Chamber believes it to be “harmful to the business community and the economy.”
Well isn't that predictable? More ad hominem. They completely support the bill, but the way it's paid for would upset the gods of business and the economy! And that's scary! The truth is that they don't give a shit, because if they did, they would support this humane and necessary legislation. They just care far more for their profits than they do the suffering of 9/11 workers. As I indicated in my earlier post, this isn't exactly a bad year for business. They could afford to give a helping hand.
What the hell ever happened to being a good, decent corporate citizen? They are a dying breed.
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