U.S. Chamber of Commerce Loves to Help Big Business

The "U.S. Chamber of Commerce" sounds like an organization that would help everyone. Commerce is good for everyone isn't it? Doesn't "a rising tide lift all ships"? Unfortunately their agenda is all about helping the people that give them money - big business. And they spend ALOT of it lobbying.  In fact, they are the biggest single lobbyist in Washington, pumping more than $62 million into lobbying in 2008.  And how much of it went to issues that might directly help consumers (like credit card reform or mortgage relief) ?  Nada, Zero, Zip.   The "Chamber" is the same group that pushed for privatiizing social security, and  who would have won on that deal?  Their clients.  Who would have lost?  The rest of us.