Welcome home, fellow Gator.

The Gator Nation's oldest and most active insider community
Join today!

Donate Money, Get an Endorsement of Your Business

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by mdgator05, Mar 8, 2024.

Page 2 of 3
  1. Mar 9, 2024 #21
    mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

    16,380
    2,106
    1,718
    Dec 9, 2010
    Not sure that it really matter where a public company is headquartered, in that it is pretty easy to purchase equity in the company even if it is not based in the US (i.e., a fair amount of the ownership of InBev is likely American). Obviously, there is a marketing benefit, which is why Budweiser had Trump push how many Americans they employ. But I don't know that it really matters that InBev is technically Belgian, despite huge presence in the US, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, etc.
     
  2. Mar 9, 2024 #22
    homer

    homer GC Hall of Fame

    2,835
    880
    2,078
    Nov 2, 2015

    It matters to me.
     
  3. Mar 9, 2024 #23
    channingcrowderhungry

    channingcrowderhungry Premium Member

    9,336
    2,125
    3,013
    Apr 3, 2007
    Bottom of a pint glass
    By the industry standards Yuengling is technically a "craft brewery" as well.
     
  4. Mar 9, 2024 #24
    homer

    homer GC Hall of Fame

    2,835
    880
    2,078
    Nov 2, 2015

    Ok. I didn’t know that. Still American owned which is my point.

    FWIW I don’t consider them a craft beer.

    Craft beer - Wikipedia.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  5. Mar 10, 2024 #25
    Gatorrick22

    Gatorrick22 GC Hall of Fame

    89,306
    26,928
    4,613
    Apr 3, 2007
    • Winner Winner x 1
    • Come On Man Come On Man x 1
  6. Mar 10, 2024 #26
    GatorJMDZ

    GatorJMDZ gatorjack VIP Member

    25,603
    2,755
    1,868
    Apr 3, 2007
  7. Mar 10, 2024 #27
    enviroGator

    enviroGator GC Hall of Fame

    5,532
    765
    368
    Apr 12, 2007
    • Informative Informative x 2
    • Winner Winner x 1
  8. Mar 10, 2024 #28
    G8tas

    G8tas GC Hall of Fame

    4,790
    954
    453
    Sep 22, 2008
    • Disagree Bacon! Disagree Bacon! x 1
    • Funny Funny x 1
  9. Mar 15, 2024 #29
    mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

    16,380
    2,106
    1,718
    Dec 9, 2010
    And an update: South Dakota Governor and rumored possibility for VP is out there filming cringy infomercials for the businesses of Republican donors. Apparently, she is a big fan of Texas dentists and not South Dakota dentists.



    Now, she is also endorsing coffee shops and shoe stores as well. This is all totally normal stuff.
     
    • Funny Funny x 1
    • Informative Informative x 1
  10. Mar 15, 2024 #30
    Gatoragman

    Gatoragman GC Hall of Fame

    2,574
    243
    288
    Jan 4, 2008
    I know this will at least irk one poster.
    WOW, Just WOW!!!
    A brand-new never used before phenomenon was started with Trump..
    Politicians pandering to those who support them.
    Never heard of that before!!!!
     
    • Funny Funny x 1
  11. Mar 15, 2024 #31
    mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

    16,380
    2,106
    1,718
    Dec 9, 2010
    Yeah, just a little pay for play. No big deal. Good take.

    My personal favorite historical example is the TV ads that Mario Cuomo filmed for a hardware store in Iowa City.
     
  12. Mar 15, 2024 #32
    Gatoragman

    Gatoragman GC Hall of Fame

    2,574
    243
    288
    Jan 4, 2008
    I thought influence peddling was now accepted????
     
  13. Mar 15, 2024 #33
    mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

    16,380
    2,106
    1,718
    Dec 9, 2010
    I guess it is, since you are accepting that businesses can just buy endorsements for their business (above competing businesses) from active politicians for money.
     
    • Fistbump/Thanks! Fistbump/Thanks! x 1
  14. Mar 15, 2024 #34
    Gatoragman

    Gatoragman GC Hall of Fame

    2,574
    243
    288
    Jan 4, 2008
    Good for the goose, good for the gander?
    We really need a lot to change in our political leaders as a country. Both sides are truly different sides of the same coin. I'm willing to admit that, is the left?
     
  15. Mar 15, 2024 #35
    mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

    16,380
    2,106
    1,718
    Dec 9, 2010
    I guess my second favorite Democratic Politician cutting ads for donor businesses while in office was that time when Georgia Governor and candidate for President Carter cut an advertisement for a New Mexico pottery store.

    The problem with reflexively going to both sides as a defense is when there isn't an example on the other side.
     
    • Fistbump/Thanks! Fistbump/Thanks! x 1
    • Funny Funny x 1
  16. Mar 15, 2024 #36
    Gator515151

    Gator515151 GC Hall of Fame

    22,605
    1,031
    1,763
    Apr 4, 2007
    Free money is free money.....the scam has been going on ever since food stamps began. Folks trade their free food and baby supplies for a 5th of liquor or just flat out sell the card for cash.
     
    • Winner Winner x 1
  17. Mar 15, 2024 #37
    Gatoragman

    Gatoragman GC Hall of Fame

    2,574
    243
    288
    Jan 4, 2008
    You don't believe Biden defying the law and pandering to the younger generation and wiping out student loans is an example? Or the pandering by the left to Unions? Or to the green startup companies that have mostly gone broke?
    Same song, different verse!
     
    • Like Like x 1
  18. Mar 15, 2024 #38
    danmanne65

    danmanne65 GC Hall of Fame

    4,034
    855
    268
    Jul 2, 2022
    DeLand
    There was a weird tax advantage to moving companies overseas. Bud basically bought InBev and made to corporate headquarters out of the country. A drugstore did the same thing but moved the headquarters back because of bad publicity and maybe congress passed a law that only us corporations could bill Medicare.(I know they threatened too. Don’t know if it passed)

    Most of the breweries for Budweiser are owner operated and they also brew most of the craft beers you can buy.
     
  19. Mar 15, 2024 #39
    mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

    16,380
    2,106
    1,718
    Dec 9, 2010
    Do I think trying to get votes by policy changes is the same as endorsing businesses for money while in office? No. That seems pretty obviously different.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  20. Mar 15, 2024 #40
    Gatoragman

    Gatoragman GC Hall of Fame

    2,574
    243
    288
    Jan 4, 2008
    Uh.... When did the elections happen? Is Trump already President again? And at the end of the day, what really is the difference between pandering with policy changes that help your voters vs endorsing companies that cater to your voters? I'm not trying to be a wisea$$ here, I wonder how you view the difference?
     
Page 2 of 3