My wife and I finally moved our banking out of Bank of America. I had used them and their affiliates for banking for 40+ years.
I have known they are Leftist for some time, but moving heavily entrenched finances is a significant effort, and my wife is not as political as I am.
But when Bank of America made their foray into gun politics in April 2018, saying they planned to stop lending to manufacturers of “military-style firearms” used by civilians, that was it for me.
I wrote the CEO of Bank of America a politely worded letter (sent via snail mail) with no anger or profanity (but spelling out my displeasure with their stance) and received a bland form letter in response. When I mentioned how much I disliked doing business with Bank of America to my wife who is non-political, she was willing to move because their customer service was crap.
We began the process back in August, and this past Saturday, went to their branch office and closed out our accounts. When asked why, I told her factually and without anger why we chose as we did.
I don’t mind giving my money to any business that delivers a product. I don’t care if it is owned by whites, blacks, women, or any ethic minority. If they deliver a product, do it well, at a good cost, I will give them my patronage.
But when they become activists AGAINST my interests, I have no inclination to business with them, period.
So it is with Bank of America, Dick’s Sporting Goods, JC Penney, Target, Ben and Jerry’s, General Mills, Coca Cola, and so on that I refuse to do business with There are many places I can give my money to, why give it to a corporate entity that wants to figuratively cut my throat?
Sure. Places like Dick’s Sporting Goods and JC Penney may get a temporary uptick from Leftists who want to reward their social justice stances, but those are fleeting profits. Leftists as individuals generally have no principles or staying power, and they may go in and buy an item, but...they aren’t long term customers. Conservatives for the most part are, and once they decide they are done, they are done. They aren’t coming back.
Any company that wants to commit hari-kari instead of making money is to stupid to have our business.
Excellent write up. If you’re so inclined you should send that in as an op-ed to whoever you think will take it.
Any public board that those companies use to accept comments would be better but they might just delete it. I don’t know if something like yelp would delete it.
Leftist ass-lickers don't belong in business, period.