Many Corporations Have A Short-Term Memory When It Comes To The Trump Administration

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Follow the money…

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More bad brakes for Toyota.

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Toyota isn’t part of that group of donors. They were outed and reversed their course. This article by Judd was published n July.

Among the recipients of Toyota’s cash was Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ), who tweeted on January 6 that he would “lead the charge” and “fight” to overturn the election results. The reversal came the same day The Lincoln Project released an ad that harshly criticized Toyota’s contributions to Biggs and other Republican objectors.

Here’s another related article in June. by Judd Legum.

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Captain Renault Casablanca gambling.

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So long as corps don’t include all the costs of their operations into their bottom line.

I had the misfortune to see an article about the No Labels bunch funding the stupid House 9 or 10 Dems, Mark Penn and Lieberman showed up, I was eating my breakfast and almost lost it.

All they care about is not having to pay any more taxes. They’re no different than Giuliani slobbering over every deal and penny they can make with no regards to the consequences or impacts or harm of their greed. And they call themselves Christians (except for the Jews of course, they call themselves “Orthodox” yet where’s Lieberman’s payots?).

They have too much money as it is. I’d like to take it all away from them.

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I guess I prefer endorsements and praise of companies that do the right thing, over boycotts and call-outs of those that don’t. Not only am I running out of places to shop, but I just think the positive reinforcement would be more effective.

So when you ask for the manager, thank them for a job well done! It’ll totally catch them off guard and be far more memorable than the usual, easily dismissed, bitching and moaning they may have dealt with.

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Does this mean Trump shouldn’t be able to get a job as dog catcher?

Well, that’s really not how boycotts have worked in the past.

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They ONLY care about the bottom line. These are the same companies who decided long ago that customers really had no value and it was ALL ABOUT the ‘shareholders’. They screwed us then, they’ll screw us now.

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Judd Legum over at Popular Information has also been keeping an eye on these liars.

The phrase “good corporate citizen” is pure propaganda. There is no such thing.


ETA: I see garrybee beat me to the punch about Judd. :slight_smile:

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Classic fascism DOES INCLUDE co-opting the willful participation of the corporate plutocrats. Theoretically it is supposed to be what shareholders want, but in reality, it is what the managerial class prefers. The ruling fascists will eventually give them the contracts and market share they want + legalized slave labor.

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Legalized bribery should be illegal. The notions that “money is speech” and that “corporations are people too” (h/t and shame be upon Mitt Romney) are bull sh_t. A corporation cannot vote and it cannot come home in a body bag.

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Honda > Toyota any day.

The worst kind of president is a person who eats in fancy restaurants, smoking a fat cigar and thinking well of himself while employees work in a dirty factory with their hands dirty.
-Soichiro Honda

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“‘Fascism’ should more appropriate be called ‘Corporatism’ because it is a merger of state and corporate power”. – Mussolini

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Many Corporations Make Money From “Tourists”.

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Takata or leave it…

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Corporations are corrupt and venal orgs devoted to their own power.

In other news:

Water: still wet.

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Who knows how much it helps, but I’ve written Toyota twice – first when they joined the disgraced ex-president’s effort to undermine the California emissions rules, then when they were reported to be funding the insurrectionist members of Congress who baselessly voted to overrule the states’ designated electors. Each time I explained that I was in the market for a new car (which I am), and that certain Toyota models had been high on my list of possible buys (which they were). Sadly, I wrote each time, I had eliminated Toyota vehicles from consideration because of the company’s irresponsible political and environmental stance. The Honda, VW and other comparable options are also attractive, after all.

All of these statements are true, and I don’t intend to buy a Toyota for the foreseeable future, barring public and clear statements by the company about its political stance.

In the meantime, I am following the principle that not buying a new vehicle at all is probably the most environmentally sound move, right now. Given the very limited miles I’m driving, the environmental benefits of a car with less driving emissions would take a long time to recover the manufacturing emissions.

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