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As you know, the ALEC wing of the Koch brothers evil empire suffered severe repercussions when threatened with economic boycotts.
I suggest we start with the Koch brothers and figure out ways to boycott them and their empire. We won't be able to stab the giant squarely in its evil heart but we can chip away at the limbs.
Angry consumers should rally around battle cries. How dare the Koch brothers and others charge the consumers for their political bribes! And the Kochs did this when they were oil speculating. They pretend to "spend" $400,000,000 to defeat Obama. What they do is drive up the price, pocket the difference and give some of it to their political puppets. So we are in effect paying for our own demise every time we fill up.
Consumers United could also get angry at stores that sell inferior products made overseas that are useless after a few uses at home.
We could also promote made in USA quality products at reasonable prices. This could create more demand and much to the Koch brothers' deep dismay, more jobs. As one breakaway billionaire recently chimed, "They do not create jobs. Consumers do."
hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)EnviroBat
(5,290 posts)Stick it to these bastards with strength in numbers.
TxVietVet
(1,905 posts)I have no problem boycotting the kochsuckers' products. They only understand when you hit them in the pocket book. There are lists of the kochsucker's products. We need to start passing it around.
AllyCat
(16,174 posts)I have been in this habit of not taking receipts or pitching them once I get home. Now I am going to make a file and the minute this crap doesn't work, it is going back and I will talk to whoever I need to talk to make sure they are aware they are selling garbage. I will ask for US made products.
We need to support local business as much as possible. Make your own stuff. Avoid the corporations that are out to destroy us.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)K & R!
Dustlawyer
(10,494 posts)That we will not buy Georgia Pacific products and also boycott them if they continue to sell their products. What else do the Koch shits own?