Investment firms urge Target and 3M to refrain from "controversial" political donations

• Republicans make anti gay bigotry the focus of government when they are in power.  That's why the Tea Party really only accomplished putting the anti-gay amendment on 2012 ballot once they were in charge of the Minnesota legislature.     If MN Forward supported canidates based on a business decision they sure made a poor one.   The Republicans they supported have done nothing in Minnesota that is pro business, instead they made sure everyone in Minnesota is paying higher property taxes.   I suspect MN Forward is just a bunch of Republican assholes who support Republicans no matter how poor they are for business. The Republicans that MN Forward helped elect have been the biggest collection of corrupt idiots Minnesota has ever seen.    Did Target make a good investment in making sure cheating hypocrite assholes Amy Koch and Michael Brokarb were put in charge of the Minnesota Senate?     As a business owner when I am deciding if I should do business with people I look at what those people are all about and make a decision.   Right now the Republican Party is $2 million dollars in debt.    What ass clown would think people who are so stupid they can't even run their own finances should be put in charge of the state?   Oh yeah, the corrupt lying assholes at MN Forward.   Since when is it pro business to put Amy Koch in charge of something?     Stupid Republicans, try learning something once in your pathetic lives. 

• Ah, yes, Emmer and his famous "anti-gay marriage stance".  The same stance made by Barack Obama in 2008.  By this logic, any money given to Obama in '08 was bigoted, too. By the way, that controversial "anti-gay" front group MN Forward is a pro-big-business group that favored Emmer over Dayton for obvious tax based reasons - none of which have anything to do with whether or not Seth and Carlos can get married or if we carry on with the thousands of year old marriage status quo.

• Well, Target's sales slumped in 2011, but that was a bit after the Emmer controversy, so you may have a point. The issue is that a lot of liberal-minded folks who have invested in Target stock were disappointed the company chose to support a polarizing gubernatorial candidate. It's a matter of walking the talk.

• So they want Target and 3M to be "bigots" in the way they hand out contributions? "Target's first-hand experience with contribution-related backlash"?  What backlash? Did Target's sales slump?  no Did Target's stock price slump?  no Apparently the "backlash" is in the eyes of this beholder, and clearly not focused on reality. Oh BTW Target, make sure you withhold that "Controversial" $25,000+ that you give to Minneapolis' "Pride Fest" every year.

• I'm of the opinion that any/all 'incorporated entities' including unions, churches, and companies be banned from making ca$h or in-kind donations to any political animal. Pass the 'savings' along to clients, customers, and employees and let the individual decide what to do with their own dollars.

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