Recent Republican attacks on the business community, including its leading advocacy group, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, arguably contributed to a poor showing in the 2022 midterm elections. They are not the path to success in the presidential and congressional elections in 2024.
The main policy targets for these attacks include business endorsements of Democratic candidates in the midterm elections, “wokeness” in corporate strategy, and support for free trade and immigration reform. Fearmongering on these topics has yielded positive results in rallying some of the GOP base, but most Americans take as much pride in our free enterprise system as they do in democracy and our military. So overall, trashing it is a losing message.
In the summer of 2001, Bush was considering a proposal to grant permanent legal residence status to approximately 3 million Mexicans living illegally in the U.S. To highlight the importance of this issue, Bush’s first state visit was with Mexican President Vicente Fox, where immigration reform was on top of the agenda. On Sept. 7, 2001, Bush hosted Fox at the White House for his first state dinner.
Today, immigration reform remains a top priority for the business community. The Dec. 13, 2022, National Federation of Independent Businesses Small Business Optimism Index showed that while 32% of businesses reported that inflation was their biggest problem, 44% also stated that they were unable to fill open positions. The unemployment rate in December was at an historic low of 3.5%.
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