Message from Myron Brilliant, Senior Vice President for International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Dear Colleagues:
As Tom Donohue noted in his recent State of American Business address, over seven million Americans have lost their jobs since the recession began. Ten percent of the U.S. workforce is unemployed-a number that soars beyond 17 percent when you add those who have stopped looking for jobs and the millions of part-time workers who want to work full-time.
No priority facing our nation is more important than putting Americans back to work. That's why the Chamber is calling on all Americans to unite around the ambitious goal of creating 20 million new jobs over the next 10 years. With 20 million jobs, we can re-employ the unemployed and meet the needs of our young people and a growing population.
International business presents some of the clearest opportunities for job creation, as senior Obama Administration officials have acknowledged. The rationale is clear. The American consumer's credit cards are maxed out. The same is true for the federal government.
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