U.S. Chamber of Commerce chief executive Tom Donohue on Thursday called for quick government action to enable businesses to create jobs.
During the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry’s annual meeting at the Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, Donohue advocated a 10-cent increase in the federal fuel tax to fund infrastructure improvements. To promote tourism, he said, foreign visitors should be treated better by security and customs agencies.
Donohue said the U.S. has more energy reserves than nearly every other country — and that tapping those would create hundreds of thousands of jobs.
He said President Barack Obama’s job-creation plan, which would rely on cutting tax breaks for top earners, is misguided.
“It doesn’t make much sense to drive up taxes on job creators when you’re out there trying to create jobs,” he said.
