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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (579288)8/3/2010 9:44:19 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1572527
 
If I knew that a percentage of all sales would be donated to a cause I disliked, then I might not buy, but I don't think its a good idea to refrain from buying just because the company you buy from (or individual you buy from, or less directly support, say an actor or singer who contributes to a political cause), is one you dislike. Otherwise you shut yourself off from too much.

If its beyond dislike, if it was something like the business contributes to Al Qaeda, then I would refrain from giving them any of my business if I knew of the contribution. But as much as I disagree with the Democratic party (and often enough the Republican party), I'm not going to cut myself off from huge sections of the economy and the for-profit culture in order to avoid giving money to people who then choose to give their money to the Dems.
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