Why is it legal for them to donate money to policymakers? I don't understand how we just allow lobbying like this. It is a root of corruption! It overrides the will of the people through buying an politicians vote on an issue.
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because citizens united allows for corporate personhood, giving them all the benefits of citizenry, with none of the obligations.
I remember them saying it was the death of democracy. I remember saying 2010 was the last real election. And then before we knew it, dark money super PAC hell. This court hasn't been legitimate in a long time.
money = speech
The people in charge of whether they can be bribed are the same people receiving the bribes. The accountability of politicians under elections to prevent this behavior depends on a well informed and educated electorate which the wealth class has undermined for decades.
Because our politicians are bought and corrupted by corporate money, so getting them to repeal Citzens United is going to be very difficult.
AT&T $63,050 $581,500 $625,000 $1,269,550
Altria $36,000 $252,000 $937,471 $1,225,471
Comcast $26,000 $413,000 $785,000 $1,224,000
Charter Communications $26,350 $321,500 $717,200 $1,101,050
CVS $17,250 $127,000 $935,235 $1,079,485
UnitedHealth Group $40,750 $188,000 $800,000 $1,028,750
Pfizer $23,950 $223,000 $752,120 $999,070
Walmart $14,500 $280,500 $670,000 $965,000
General Motors $18,250 $206,800 $670,000 $894,250
Home Depot $0 $407,500 $450,000 $857,500
Google $0 $158,000 $570,000 $728,000
Deloitte $12,500 $365,500 $301,000 $679,000
Amazon $31,500 $170,500 $475,635 $677,635
UPS $15,000 $481,500 $100,000 $596,500
Microsoft $2,000 $180,500 $400,000 $582,500
Visa $0 $211,000 $350,000 $561,000
Eli Lilly and Company $25,000 $155,000 $332,500 $512,500
Aflac $0 $352,000 $100,950 $452,950
Blue Cross Blue Shield $0 $222,650 $225,500 $448,150
T-Mobile $3,450 $237,000 $200,950 $441,400
Boeing $2,000 $384,000 $0 $386,000
Verizon $0 $321,000 $0 $321,000
Delta Air Lines $0 $205,000 $105,500 $310,500
FedEx $22,500 $24,000 $0 $46,500
Dell $0 $209,000 $0 $209,000```
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Shares location, collects other data, no data deletion. I really like the idea of the app, just not the lack* of privacy.
Yeah that is my sticking point of the app as well. I have submitted feedback asking for more privacy.
This sounds awesome! But is there anything similar that is Open Source by any chance?
I’m unaware of any at the moment.
You can do manual research by auditing companies and reading articles.
Don’t let shit talkers make you angry and divide you!
Yes, but rainbow capitalism has always been bullshit.
Even barring actual harm done against the queer community, there really should be a requirement that companies using pride flags for advertising contribute in some way to LGBTQ+ organizations. Otherwise all it will ever mean is: "we'll take your money."
The gays need to go Susan G. Komen on the rainbow flag. Trademark it and sue the hell out of anyone that doesn't "lease the rights to display the flag outside of a place of business".
This is was bound to happen once corporate interests started showing up. They don't care about the people they simply want their $$.
I'm going to my city's Pride parade tomorrow, Verizon will have a booth there as a "silver level" sponsor, I think I'll stop and give them a piece of my mind.
If you do, please know that it is possible the people at the booth are just low level employees with no say in the corporate policy and while these companies do deserve your ire, these individuals don't deserve you yelling or screaming. By all means let them know your opinion and tell them that version is not welcome at the parade, but don't attack or harass the employees.
Oh I'll 100% be peaceful, but I'd be lying if I said a part of me doesn't want to flip their table lol
Camp out front with a big signboard laying out their anti-LGBTQ+ donations. If money is an issue, I'll pay for it.
my city's* Pride parade
Business is business..
It's more profitable to be LGBT+ friendly. Doesn't mean they agree with it.
Trendy business..
It's most profitable to have both sides in your pockets apparently
Sounds like the Human Rights Campaign organization is crap if they just hand out good ratings regardless even if the reviewed corp donated to anti-lgbtq politicians.
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Really disappointing to see.
Not if you already expected it.
I feel sorry for people that fall for companies that do performative things like slap some colors on a product...