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[emmagrant01]

Be aware which corporations helped re-elect Bush. Vote with your pocketbook this holiday season. With the holidays upon us, some of us might wish to be mindful of who we patronize relative to their political donations, as reported by the Center for Responsive Politics.



Shopping?

Price Club/Costco donated $225K, of which 99% went to democrats
WalMart/Sam's Wholesale, $467K, 97% to republicans
K-Mart, $524K, 86% to republicans
Home Depot, $298K, 89% to republicans
Target, $226K, 70% to republicans
Circuit City Stores, $261K, 95% to republicans
Rite Aid, $517K, 60% to democrats
Magla Products (Stanley tools, Mr. Clean), $22K, 100% to democrats
3M Co., $281K, 87% to republicans
Hallmark Cards, $319K, 92% to republicans
Amway, $391K, 100% republican
Kohler Co. (plumbing fixtures), $283K, 100% republicans
Warnaco (undergarments), $55K, 73% to democrats
B.F. Goodrich (tires), $215K, 97% to republicans
Proctor & Gamble, $243K, 79% to republicans
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, $153K, 99% to democrats
Estee Lauder, $448K, 95% to democrats
Guess ? Inc., $145K, 98% to democrats
Calvin Klein, $78K, 100% to democrats
Liz Claiborne, Inc., $34K, 97% to democrats
Levi Straus, $26K, 97% to democrats
Olan Mills, $175K, 99% to democrats

Spirits?

Coors, $174K, 92% to republicans; (also Budweiser - sd)
Gallo Winery, $337K, 95% to democrats
Brown-Forman Corp. (Southern Comfort, Jack Daniels, Bushmills, Korbel wines - as well as Lennox China, Dansk, Gorham Silver), $644, 80% to republicans
Southern Wine & Spirits, $213K, 73% to democrats
Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons (includes beverage business, plus considerable media interests), $2M+, 67% democrats.

Hungry?

Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (chicken), $366K, 100% republican
Outback Steakhouse, $641K, 95% republican
Sonic Corporation, $83K, 98% democrat
Tricon Global Restaurants (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell), $133K, 87% republican
Brinker International (Maggiano's, Brinker Cafe, Chili's, On the Border, Macaroni Grill, Crazymel's, Corner Baker, EatZis), $242K, 83% republican
Triarc Companies (Arby's, T.J. Cinnamon's, Pasta Connections),>$112K, 96% democrats
Waffle House, $279K, 100% republican
McDonald's Corp., $197K, 86% republican
Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Smokey Bones, Bahama Breeze), $121K, 89% republican

Traveling?

Hyatt Corporation, $187K, 80% to democrats
Mariott International, $323K, 81% to republicans
Holiday Inns, $38K, 71% to republicans.

Comments

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure all of that information is public, so you could probably look it up if you wanted to. I simply don't want to patronize companies that give a lot of money to the Republican party if I have another choice. I don't particularly care why they did it. Fawning to people in power is no excuse.

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

You can; I looked it up and there was a website but I've lost the link (also I'm only online for a few minutes more, but if you remind me later I'll dig it out.) It's not really "fawning". Companies give money to certain causes, and if the person heading the committee in charge of that cause or whatever is a Republican, then it shows up as giving money to a republican. Example: a company is against outsourcing jobs because they have a care for ethical business practises. To make their influence heard, they donate money to campaigns, because that is how you get things done in politics. Joe Republican is also against outsourcing, whereas John Republican is for it, so the company gives money to Joe. John is getting so much campaign money from WalMart that Joe needs a lot of help to beat him. See where this goes? I'm not trying to tell you where to spend your money, I just think that looking at business practises is more effective: "I should shop locally at the co-op rather than go to WalMart, because WalMart runs other companies out of business so people lose their jobs, then hires them at minimum wage, and is destroying the American standard of living."

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I just think that looking at business practises is more effective

Oh, you're absolutely right about that. But if I have no other reason to choose company A over company B, picking the one that contributed money to democratic campaigns seems to be reasonable. :-)