Let's boycott Corporations that are spending on behalf of Republican candidates

[Tony_FLADEM]

This would be a way of fighting back against the Supreme Court decision.

[wtbymark]

1. they usually donate to both - and a slightly larger amount to the front runner

which ever party they be

[AlinPA]

2. Possible. But in order to effect the money they will be giving to republicans, it would

require that a huge segment of the population be involved in boycotts.

[Tony_FLADEM]

4. There are millions of Democrats in the country. I think we can do this.

The Internet would be a big help with this.

[dysfunctional press]

14. wouldn't it be easier to just get them to vote for democratic candidates?

the number of people needed to make a boycott effective would probably be more than enough to win most elections.

[endless october]

3. how about boycotting massive corporations that should be broken up

through anti-trust measures?

there are PLENTY of those.

the ones acting in bad faith should be avoided.

or, better yet, unionized.

[Not Me]

5. IF Grayson's disclosure law is passed, this could be possible

But as I understand it, right now, they don't even have to disclose, or can channel the $ through Chamber of commerce or other orgs to shield themselves.

[tridim]

6. Good in theory but probably not practical

Americans need their corporate jobs and they want to buy their corporate crap.

I'm sitting here stewing while watching KO and wondering if the PEOPLE could somehow incorporate? We have to fight this.

This is really the stuff of revolution, nobody is going to like this ruling except the beneficiaries, Republican politicians.

Has anyone seen a poll on this issue yet? I bet 80+% of the people will be against this ruling. If that's the case, the SCOTUS is not working for the people as they have sworn to do. They should retract the ruling or be impeached IMO.

[southerncrone]

7. Been doing it for years.

Also boycott local businesses who are pro Repuke. Try to be as self-reliant as possible.

[Democrat_in_Houston]

8. I'll boycott everyone but the oil companies

Unfortunately, I just can't ride twenty miles in 100 degree weather with 90 percent humidity. ugh

[lob1]

9. You'd have to boycott corps that donate to dems, too. Corporations

have no business in politics at all. Period.

[HughMoran]

10. I'd do it if a group like MoveOn with a big mailing list promoted it

& it was targeted in such a way that it was easy to do.

[NecklyTyler]

11. How do you boycott the defense industry?

You know these companies give to the repukes. I'm game, let's boycott Lockheed Martin
Boeing
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon
General Dynamics
L-3 Communications
United Technologies
KBR
SAIC
General Electric
Honeywell
ITT
Computer Sciences Corp.
Booz Allen Hamilton
Textron Bell
Rockwell Collins
EDS (now Hewlett-Packard)
Goodrich
Harris
CACI
Bechtel

[tridim]

12. Cheney has probably already submitted his ideas to Halliburton.

He can bash Obama all day long starting tomorrow. With unlimited funds.

[Kaleva]

17. Even if a few DUers refused to buy an aircraft carrier, it'd make a difference.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

13. That would be tough on folks who need on-patent medicines to live

[w8liftinglady]

15. It's already worked here in Texas...it's called "being poor"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7537965

[Kaleva]

20. People free of corporations are called "homeless" here in Michigan.

[Motown_Johnny]

16. I need to buy my gas somewhere

[BeFree]

18. Right

We are all beholden to the corporations. We can't live without them.

[drm604]

19. We would need to boycot corporations that spend on behalf of ANY candidate

of ANY party. If we somehow could stop them from funding Republicans, and only Republicans, then they would simply corrupt the Democrats.