does your business want to donate to a political campaign?
By jb78000
@jb78000 (15139)
August 30, 2010 4:47am CST
but not want to alienate people who support the opposition? here's the answer, at least for a two candidate/party system. donate exactly the same amount to both. a beer company in glasgow recently had this problem, there are two main football teams and it wanted the publicity of sponsoring one but without the negative effects. so it cunningly sponsored both. do you think this is a good idea?
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
30 Aug 10
This is the usual practice out here - not with football teams as such but with financing political campaigns. For example they will give equal amounts to both parties or in one case that I am personally acquainted with - one brother supports one party and the other party brother supports the other party. The idea being that whoever wins will give them some contracts. Hedging their bets really.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
4 Sep 10
The answer is that they would have got more by donating to that particular party. Not all though. sorry to be late - to much happening in my life. A young man that I held in my arms when he was one day old has been murdered by the police.Trying to help the family etc.The with all this stress my bp went sky high so no time to Mylot.
Can't take any time off work eitherThis too will pass - just have to roll with the punches at times.
Can't take any time off work eitherThis too will pass - just have to roll with the punches at times.
@laglen (19759)
• United States
30 Aug 10
jb, as a business, that business owner can donate anywhere they want. We as consumers can decide not to frequent that business. Remember people talking about boycotting companies from Arizona? Same thing. This is a good thing. We can show our dislike and the business can decide what is most important.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
30 Aug 10
Businesses do it all the time in America. They'll give $1 million to the guy they want to win and shovel half a million to the guy they oppose just to be sure he'll still owe them if he wins. The time you hear a big stink is when a business fails to pay the "protection money" to the opposition like that recent complaining over Rupert Murdoch giving a million to Republican Governors.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
31 Aug 10
Hiya jb,
Certainly sounds like a good idea that way they are in both of the Teams good books ate least I would imagine.
I suppose if I had a big enough business I would do the same kind of thing.
