In preparation for the upcoming elections next week, I suggest you vote your party, with your wallet. See below what percentage of contributions from your favorite retailers go to each political party:
Retail:
Circuit City-96% Republican
Home Depot-78% Republican
Target-74% Republican
Costco-89% Democrat
Borders-100% Democrat
Bed, Bath and Beyond-93% Democrat
Restaurants/Food:
Dominos Pizza-93% Republican
Olive Garden/Red Lobster-89% Republican
Brinker Intl (Chili's, Maggiano's Corner Bakery)-83% Republican
Outback Steakhouse-98% Republican
Hardrock Cafe-100% Democrat
Arby's-100% Democrat
Starbucks-100% Democrat
Gas:
Exxon/Mobil-88% Republican
Shell-56% Democrat
Airlines:
Southwest-73% Republican
Jet Blue-88% Democrat
Even though my advice is to vote with your wallet unfortunately, I can't totally take that advice because there is no way I can give up my Chai tea. I guess I'll just have to compensate by doing a bunch of shopping at Home Depot and Circuit City and having dinner at Chili's and Outback.
5 comments:
I will be shopping proudly at Borders.
well umm...i think you should give up your chai..haha...
I will say this I do not do Borders, BBB, Hate Costco, Hardrock, Arby's, Grande drip only (No Chick Drink), what is the percentage of 76?, SWA Free peanuts. Please note MY Name.
It surprises me that Target would contribute to the Republican party...I rec'd this email from a friend and thought I'd share:
Wasn't it last Christmas that Target refused to let the Salvation Army ring their bells in front of their stores?
Dick Forrey of the Vietnam Veterans Association wrote.
"Recently we asked the local TARGET store to be a proud
sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our
spring recognition event.
We received the following reply
from the local TARGET management:
" Veterans do not meet our
area of giving. We only donate to the arts, social action
groups, gay & lesbian causes, and education."
So I'm thinking, if the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and
veterans in general, do not meet their donation criteria,
then something is really wrong at this TARGET store. We were
not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, just
a small sponsorship for a memorial remembrance.
As a follow-up, I E-mailed the TARGET U.S. Corporate
Headquarters and their response was the same.
That's their
national policy.
Then I looked into the company further.
They will not allow
the Marines to collect for 'Toys for Tots' at any of their
stores. And during the recent Iraq deployment, they would
not allow families of employees who were called up for
active duty to continue their insurance coverage while
they were on military service. Then as I dig further,
TARGET
is a French-owned corporation.
Now, I'm thinking again. If TARGET cannot support American
Veterans, then why should my family and I support their
stores by spending our hard earned American dollars!
And,
have their profits sent to France.
Without the American
Vets, where would France be today?
"They, most likely would be speaking German and trading in Deutsch Marks"
Sincerely,
Dick Forrey
Veterans Helping Veterans
This doesn't sound very Republican to me! kays
well, based on my spending, i am a
republi-crat!
:)
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