A conservative group is finding a new way to fight liberal activists trying to influence large corporations. The Free Beacon reports:
Americans for Tax Reform announced a new project designed to counter activist investors who have passed resolutions potentially damaging to gun companies and other corporations as a means of achieving a political goal.
“ATR feels there is a need to protect the long-term interests of small investors and pension fund beneficiaries from activist shareholders, proxy advisory firms and Washington proposals that use financial institutions as the venue to enact the social and political agenda of few, that cannot be accomplished through the legislative process,” James Setterlund, executive director of the newly formed Shareholder Advocacy Forum, told the Washington Free Beacon. “The Shareholder Advocacy Forum will provide a voice for these shareholders and hold executives and directors accountable when they prioritize activist proposals ahead of their fiduciary responsibility.”
Publicly traded gun manufacturers have been a recent target of these investors. Smith & Wesson’s parent company was recently forced to conduct a study about the viability of “smart guns” and the reputation risks of selling firearms despite the company opposing the move.
“Today’s report complies with a Resolution that was passed by a small percentage of our shareholders in September,” American Outdoor Brands told the Free Beacon in February. “Despite the fact that the Resolution was put forward by parties whose interests were not aligned with those of our customers, or those of our shareholders seeking true risk mitigation and value creation, the report represents our good faith effort and investment of company resources. Its contents demonstrate that our reputation with our customers for protecting their Second Amendment rights, and our ability to manufacture the high-quality firearms they want to purchase, are paramount to sustaining and growing our market share and stockholder value.”
Conservatives would rather businesses simply make money, but liberals are already organizing to hijack corporations for their own nefarious ends. If conservatives band together, this would seriously balance off the small leftist interest groups intent on usurping corporate power.
Over the years of living in California, I’ve had just about my fill of the liberals robbing us into the poor house with all their give aways handouts or freebies or to put it bluntly FREE PUBLIC SERVICES’ to bums, boat people and deadbeats who haven’t done a damned thing to contribute into the ‘fund’. Case in point, the election of gavin ‘giveaway the store and just about everything else’ newsom as governor. if his so called ‘election’ was legit, I fail to see it. This social climbing, pretty boy, first class asswipe, weasel and snake in the grass is responsible for destroying San Francisco, the one time ‘jewel of California as mayor that has become a dirty bum and boat people infested, crime ridden and unaffordable CRAPHOLE, sad to say. To add insult to injury, this place was recently moniker’d with the title ‘the doo doo’ capital of the USA due to streets reeking like toilets due to homeless encampments, garbage, dirty needles, used condoms, piss and SHIT on the streets and sidewalks. I also make it a point not to buy anything from china, period! Frankly buying their products enriches these no good for America subhuman bastards and robs America of the revenue. Hopefully the American people are getting so sick and tired and fed up with the BULLSHIT foisted on us by the liberals and their ‘socialist’ agenda and start realizing that Donald Trump was legally elected President of the USA and if God forbid one of the liberal buffoons running against him in 2020 would be gets the White House, it would be a disaster for America. President trump can’t do this all alone. He needs the support of the American people in his job to ‘Make America Great Again. Living in California i have to deal with all the BULLSHIT and demise caused by the liberals who’ve had a strangle hold on this one time great, clean, affordable and prosperous state that under their ‘leadership’ if you call the destruction they’ve caused leadership has become a huge fiscally bankrupt , bum and homeless and crime infested CRAPHOLE, sad to say.
The Liberal creeps that are in charge are buying votes with our tax money.
That’s why they love freebie programs. They aren’t try to help, they are just buying votes. Now, Spartacus is talking about “reparations”. In other words, let’s buy more votes with taxpayer money.
Like it’s been said many times before, ” Everything is just fine until you run out of other people’s money”.
Let us hope (and pray) that the current surge of Conservative thinking and voting that happened in Australia will spread to the rest of the world. Especially in the United States where we need it so badly.
Well said!!!
Keep up with those great woprds luv it in mNC.
Banding together? Like some kind of encounter group? Listen…don’t make it so difficult. Google your state organizations that sponsor and promote pro-2A actions and activities. That normally would involve knowing your state, local and federal representatives and their contact info. Get in touch with them via email, text and phone calls. You won’t be speaking directly, in most cases, but do communicate your ideas and political leanings in a polite, but assertive, way. Be on the lookout for ways to assemble at rallies that are held near you, and encourage others to attend. Again, it’s important to be extremely civil. Do not become belligerent towards others that might disagree with your POV. Many video these events, and you don’t want to end up on the 6 o’clock news being taken out of context, and appearing like some radical activist. Let the other side fall prey to looking like the type that made you get involved in the first place. Get involved somehow. Because if you don’t…and just sit on your couch and whine about things…you’ll wonder how you got robbed of your rights.
I’m not represented in the Leftist state Moronesota. I live in the 5th Congressional District, currently home of a growing population of Muslims and Democrats who elected Omar as their Congresscritter. The U.S. Senators, Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith are both Democrats, and the Governor, Tim Waltz, is also a Democrat. The local news outlets are Leftist to the extreme, recently remaining silent on the rampage of up to a dozen Somali teenagers who attacked only white people waiting at a light-rail station near the University of Minnesota. None of my pleas to government even get the standard pro-forma replies that begin with, “It is an honor to serve you — blah, blah, blah.” I have never even received an acknowledgement saying something like, “I’m sorry, but we’ll just have to respectfully disagree ….” So, there is nothing I can do through political channels, and I must resort to the banding together movements of the few remaining patriots in this state. We are outvoted 2:1 by Leftists here, and we are so Red that the Communists in China and Russia are probably jealous.
Well I have tried to get people to speak up since I was 15 years old. I have been seeing this coming since then. I am now 63. In the 48 years I have been telling people this was coming most of those people just now realized we are in trouble. Just like Germany in the 30s the masses were completely oblivious to the truth. There are stil lots of self asorbed ignorant people in this country who are so selfish and stupid they can’t see past the end of their nose. United we Stand, Divided We Fall. We are in the latter. Good luck getting anyone to stand with you, they will tell you OH YES I will be there then you look around and you are the only one there. It want happen until the CHAOS starts when the electric grid goes down and the welfare checks stop coming, then and only then will it get their undivided attention. Too little too late. I hate to say it but that is the truth, we have lost our Republic and if you believe Trump is going to save us you are having a nightmare. Trump is honoring his promises but the swamp is too deep and too vast for one man to conquer. He is alone in this fight because he doesn’t have the backbone of The WE THE PEOPLE standing with him. I know some are going to say well your just negative but I tell it like it is, Dont sugar coat the fried chicken. This country turned its back on God as a whole a long time ago and now we are going to suffer the cost. You Reap What You Sew!
Everyone has the right to their own opinions (not facts) and life style choices, but nobody has the right to impose, intimidate, blackmail, dictate, or legislate as to how rest of us (individuals, corporations) should believe, think, and function.
When small activist groups attempt to do that, what is that – Anarchy?
• 4.6% are LGBTQ
• 0.6% Transgender – now allowed to destroy women/girl sports
• 1.0% Muslim
So why are these groups a part of just about every (federal, state & local) political conversation and regulation, and often at the expense of the majority?
I’ve been thinking this for years and yes, guidance and organization is needed. Please advise us.
Let’s kick some liberal butt our second amendment depends on it.
Let’s kick some liberal butt our second amendment depends on it
I don’t shop at Camping World, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Starbucks, Nike or any other place where management says they don’t want Trump voters in their stores
we also do not shop at these stores.. we were told by an dicks employer that they are not allowed to say merry Christmas will never shop there
“How To Fight Back Against Liberal Corporations”…band together. Wow! What a solution! Now tell us what that means.
And how to do it.