Saw the below commentary today and wondered how people feel about this? Have we become so political that we can no longer shop or eat without knowing if the business is red or blue? Just the idea of floating this commentary adds to the divisiveness of the nation! If this is an example of our IQ, of our position in society, then understandably we are doomed to some dark days ahead... Comments?? REAL AMERICANS CAN NOW DETERMINE WHERE TO SHOP AND SPEND THEIR MONEY. Election Cycle political donations, as reported by the Center for Responsive Politics. Price Club/Costco donated $225K, 99% went to Democrats Rite Aid donated $517K, 60% went to Democrats Magla Products ( Stanley tools, Mr. Clean) donated $22K, 100% went to Democrats Warnaco (undergarments) donated $55K, 73% went to Democrats Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia donated $153K, 99% went to Democrats Estee Lauder donated $448K, 95% went to Democrats Guess, Inc. donated $145K, 98% went to Democrats Calvin Klein donated $78K, 100% went to Democrats Liz Claiborne, Inc. donated $34K, 97% went to Democrats Levi Straus donated $26K, 97% went to Democrats Olan Mills donated $175K, 99% went to Democrats WalMart donated $467K, 97% went to Republicans K-Mart donated $524K, 86% went to Republicans Home Depot donated $298K, 89% went to Republicans Target donated $226K, 70% went to Republicans Circuit City Stores donated $261K, 95% went to Republicans 3M Co. donated $281K, 87% went to Republicans Hallmark Cards donated $319K, 92% went to Republicans Amway donated $391K, 100% Republicans Kohler Co. (plumbing fixtures) donated $283K, 100% Republicans B.F. Goodrich (tires) donated $215K, 97% went to Republicans Proctor & Gamble donated $243K, 79% went to Republicans Spirits Southern Wine & Spirits donated $213K, 73% went to Democrats Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons (incl. beverage business + considerable media interests) donated $2M+, 67% went to Democrats Gallo Winery donated $337K, 95% went to Democrats Coors & Budweiser donated $174K, 92% went to Republicans Brown-Forman Corp. (Southern Comfort, Jack Daniels, Bushmills, Korbel wines - as well as Lenox China , Dansk, Gorham Silver) donated $644 K -- 80% went to Republicans Hungry? Sonic Corporation donated $83K, 98% went to Democrats Triarc Companies (Arby's, T.J. Cinnamon's, Pasta Connections) donated $112K, 96% went to Democrats Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (chicken) donated $366K, 100% went to Republicans Outback Steakhouse donated $641K, 95% went to Republicans Tricon Global Restaurants (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell)donated $133K, 87% went to Republicans Brinker International (Maggiano's, Brinker Cafe, Chili's, On the Border, Macaroni Grill, Crazymel's, Corner Baker, EatZis)donated $242K, 83% went to Republicans Waffle House donated $279K, 100% went to Republicans McDonald's Corp. donated $197K, 86% went to Republicans Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Smokey Bones, Bahama Breeze) donated $121K, 89% went to Republicans Heinz Republicans $64,000 Democrats $21,300!!!!! John Kerry's wife's company!!! Traveling and/or dining Hyatt Corporation donated $187K of which 80% went to Democrats Marriott International $323K, 81% went to Republicans Holiday Inns donated $38K, 71% went to Republicans
Too true. You definitely shouldn't base your purchases on economic considerations. You should definitely base them on arbitrary political one's.
Obviously the irony eludes you. Think about this the next time one of your ilk go on a "rabble rabble evil corporations rabble" rant.
So you are saying we should boycott all these companies because they are keeping the two party scam and the plutocracy from which it dwells alive?
You said "one of my ilk". That would imply I am part of that group. So either retract your statement or provide evidence to support it.
Wow, you couldn't be more wrong. "One of your ilk", meaning one of a like mindset. Like I said, it's called reading comprehension. ilk ilk/ noun a type of people or things similar to those already referred to.
So is it common for libertarians (my like mindset) to make "rabble rabble evil corporations rabble" rants?
Ok, so you admit that you don't know what ilk means. Label yourself what ever you want, but you come off as a leftist statist authoritarian. But, what ever floats your boat.
More than anything, this explodes the "GOP is the party of big business and the rich, Democrats are the party of the people and middle class" myth. Businesses know full well whether they do better under high redistribution, high taxes and high regulatory burden than under limited redistribution, reasonable taxes and reasonable redistribution. (Bill Gates can only buy one set of tickets, albums, Swiffers, sports jerseys, beers, redistributed wealth buys thousands and millions). OTOH, many businesses donate based on the political sway of the owner regardless of pragmatic advantage. I absolutely would and do make purchasing decisions based on what party gets more donations. You are effectively donating when you buy, so why wouldn't you weigh alternatives? Also keep in mind that business donates to politicians it wants to -buy- or control regardless of party. When more GOP in office, more GOP donations, when more Demos, more Demo donations. The only cure is to reduce government, its size, scope and power.
Today's government has on average $500 billion deficits and the CBO forecasts $1 trillion deficits by 2025 or just nine years from now. In order to reduce government, we would need to eliminate $500 billion to $1 trillion in deficit spending then continue reducing beyond that...this will be impossible! If it's true that we have one finite pot of money in the US, then as we give more and more of that money to the government we have less for the private sector and consumers. Americans and corporations have no problem donating $1 billion to political campaigns or keeping all the casinos filled or buying hundreds of million$ in lottery tickets every week. People who will make purchasing decisions based on what they believe the politics might be of any given company are themselves a problem and detriment to society. All this does is create more division of the nation, more bias! Think about it... - - - Updated - - - There's private insurance and Medicaid and emergency room care...