The REAL Facts on the Export-Import Bank

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Despite torrents of opposition to the Ex-Im slush fund for corporate welfare, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is sticking to its guns. Last week, it released a series of “facts” to promote reauthorization of its charter this fall.

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THE REAL FACTS ON THE EXPORT-IMPORT

BANK:5 Real Facts

Disputing the Claims of

Cronyists in Washington

REAL FACT 1:Ex-Im’s cost to

taxpayers will be $2 billion over the next

decade.

REAL FACT 2:Small business

financing accounts for roughly 19 percent of

Ex-Im’s portfolio.

REAL FACT 3:Ex-Im’s “loan-loss rate” is bogus. Its

losses are inevitable and imminent.

REAL FACT 4:Ex-Im cannot create

American jobs. In fact, it supports jobs for

foreign competitors.

REAL FACT 5:Allowing the Bank to

expire will save taxpayers money, while having almost no effect

on exports.

TELL CONGRESS TO ALLOW THE

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

TO EXPIRE

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