Jarvan
01-30-2013, 02:35 PM
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/01/25/emanuel-to-banks-stop-supporting-gun-makers/
So.. He thinks it's ok that as the mayor of Chicago, he can tell Banks, and now Mutual funds to stop doing business with Gun Manufacturers unless they come on board with Obama's gun views. Kinda a do what we say, or else.
Also A Dem in NYC that is doing the same thing.
Honestly, how exactly can they do these things and get away with them? What's next Rob? You going to tell any bank doing business with the gun companies that if they continue to, you will kick them out of Chicago?
What's to stop a Republican from doing something similar? Maybe tell banks to stop working with MoveOn.org until they start supporting cuts to entitlements? Or maybe tell banks to stop working with the ACLU unless they fall in line with Republicans on immigration.
Yeah, I read that someone on FoxNews used abortion, and frankly it is a valid example, since the dem from NYC said that since so many people were being killed by guns it is ok for him to do this. Well, Pro-Lifers would argue that many many more lives are lost via abortion, so why shouldn't republicans try to pressure banks to stop working with Planned Parenthood?
Does anyone here think it's ok for a public official to use the power of their office to try to coerce a company into curtailing their own rights because it doesn't coincide with your own?
So.. He thinks it's ok that as the mayor of Chicago, he can tell Banks, and now Mutual funds to stop doing business with Gun Manufacturers unless they come on board with Obama's gun views. Kinda a do what we say, or else.
Also A Dem in NYC that is doing the same thing.
Honestly, how exactly can they do these things and get away with them? What's next Rob? You going to tell any bank doing business with the gun companies that if they continue to, you will kick them out of Chicago?
What's to stop a Republican from doing something similar? Maybe tell banks to stop working with MoveOn.org until they start supporting cuts to entitlements? Or maybe tell banks to stop working with the ACLU unless they fall in line with Republicans on immigration.
Yeah, I read that someone on FoxNews used abortion, and frankly it is a valid example, since the dem from NYC said that since so many people were being killed by guns it is ok for him to do this. Well, Pro-Lifers would argue that many many more lives are lost via abortion, so why shouldn't republicans try to pressure banks to stop working with Planned Parenthood?
Does anyone here think it's ok for a public official to use the power of their office to try to coerce a company into curtailing their own rights because it doesn't coincide with your own?