Euler Posted September 18, 2019 at 11:39 AM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 11:39 AM DocumentCloud (PDF) Dear Members of the Senate: ... Organizations with more than 500 employees: Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, Head of Community and CEO, Airbnb Keith Mestrich, President and CEO, Amalgamated Bank John Connaughton and Jonathan Lavine, Co-Managing Partners, and Josh Bekenstein and Steve Pagliuca, Co-Chairmen, Bain Capital Ethan Brown, Co-Founder and CEO, Beyond Meat Peter T. Grauer, Chairman, Bloomberg LP Ric Clark, Chairman, Brookfield Property Group Fritz Lanman, CEO, ClassPass Roger Lynch, CEO, Condé Nast Ken Lin, Founder and CEO, Credit Karma Edward Stack, CEO, DICK'S Sporting Goods Tony Xu, Co-Founder and CEO, DoorDash Doug Baker, Chairman and CEO, Ecolab Richard Edelman, President and CEO, Edelman Julia Hartz, Co-Founder and CEO, Eventbrite Art Peck, CEO, Gap Inc. Eddy Lu, CEO, Goat Group Ben Lerer, Co-Founder and CEO, Group Nine Media Yannick Bolloré, CEO, Havas Group Bill Koenigsberg, President, CEO and Founder, Horizon Media Patrick O. Brown, MD, PhD, Founder and CEO, Impossible Foods Michael Roth, Chairman and CEO, Interpublic Rob Frohwein, Co-Founder and CEO, and Kathryn Petralia, Co-Founder and President, Kabbage Inc. and Drum Technologies Chip Bergh, President and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co. Logan Green, Co-Founder and CEO, and John Zimmer, Co-Founder and President, Lyft Dev Ittycheria, President and CEO, MongoDB, Inc. Howard Marks, Co-Chairman, Oaktree Capital Management Todd McKinnon, Co-Founder and CEO, Okta John Wren, Chairman and CEO, Omnicom Group Ben Silbermann, Co-Founder and CEO, Pinterest Bastian Lehmann, Co-Founder & CEO, Postmates Hamid R. Moghadam, Chairman and CEO, Prologis Arthur Sadoun, Chairman and CEO, Publicis Groupe Steve Huffman, CEO, Reddit Richard Fain, CEO, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Scott Rechler, Chairman and CEO, RXR Realty Jon Oringer, Founder and CEO, Shutterstock, Inc. Jack Dorsey, CEO, Square and Twitter Anthony Casalena, Founder and CEO, Squarespace Zander Lurie, CEO, SurveyMonkey Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO, Thrive Global Blake Mycoskie, Founder and Chief Shoe Giver, and Jim Alling, CEO, TOMS Jeff Lawson, Co-Founder and CEO, Twilio Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO, Uber Mark Read, CEO, WPP Jeremy Stoppelman, Co-Founder and CEO, Yelp Organizations with fewer than 500 employees: Kevin P. Ryan, Founder and CEO, AlleyCorp Travis Truett, Co-Founder and CEO, Ambition John W. Rogers, Jr., Founder, Chairman and Co-CEO, and Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO & President, Ariel Investments, LLC Mike Steib, CEO, Artsy Sean Knapp, Co-Founder and CEO, Ascend.io Andrei Cherny, Co-Founder and CEO, Aspiration Abdur Chowdhury, CEO, Aura Fahim M. Aziz, Founder and CEO, Backpack JJ Abrams, Chairman and Co-CEO, and Katie McGrath, Co-CEO, Bad Robot Ari Paparo, CEO, BeeswaxIO Corporation Ryan Block, Co-Founder, Begin John Borthwick, Founder and CEO, Betaworks Raphael Crawford-Marks, Co-Founder and CEO, Bonusly Darren Lachtman, Co-Founder, Brat Trevor McFedries, CEO, Brud Sameer Shariff, Co-Founder, Cambly Analisa Goodin, Founder and CEO, Catch&Release, Inc. Andrew Feldman, Founder and CEO, Cerebras Systems George Favvas, CEO, Circle Medical Alex MacCaw, CEO, Clearbit Tyler Bosmeny, CEO, Clever Matt Martin, Co-Founder and CEO, Clockwise Othman Laraki, Co-Founder and CEO, Color Genomics Jager McConnell, CEO, Crunchbase, Inc. Apu Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO, Curalate, Inc. David Oates, Co-Founder and CEO, Curtsy Brian Ree, Founder and CEO, DAILYLOOK Saurabh Ladha, CEO, Doxel, Inc. Andy Coravos, Co-Founder and CEO, Elektra Labs Laurene Powell Jobs, President, Emerson Collective Pradeep Elankumaran, Co-Founder & CEO, Farmstead Desiree Gruber, CEO, Full Picture Jared Hecht, Founder and CEO, Fundera Jude Gomila, Founder and CEO, Golden Rick Nucci, Co-Founder and CEO, Guru Kara Goldin, Founder and CEO, Hint, Inc. Jeff Sellinger, Co-Founder and CEO, HipDot Prerna Gupta, CEO, Hooked Cyrus Massoumi, Managing Partner, humbition Kristin Savilia, CEO, JOOR Pierre Valade, CEO, Jumbo Privacy William Martino, Founder and CEO, Kadena Jake Perlman-Garr, CEO, Kanga Warren Shaeffer, Co-Founder and CEO, Knowable Jack Altman, CEO, Lattice Aaron N. Block, Co-Founder and Managing Director, MetaProp.vc Afton Vechery, Co-Founder and CEO, Modern Fertility Dan Parham, Founder and CEO, and Tee Parham, Founder and CTO, Neighborland Shafqat Islam, CEO, NewsCred Sarah Friar, CEO, Nextdoor Athan Stephanopoulos, President, NowThis Varsha Rao, CEO, Nurx William E. Oberndorf, Chairman, Oberndorf Enterprises Steven Rosenblatt, Co-Founder and General Partner, Oceans Nick Huzar, Co-Founder and CEO, OfferUp James Segil, Co-Founder and President, Openpath Jordan Husney, CEO, Parabol Doug Aley, CEO, Paravision John Milinovich, CEO, Plato Design Rajat Suri, CEO, Presto Christopher Gavigan, Founder and CEO, Prima Adam Regelmann, Founder and COO, Quartzy Nate Maslak, Co-Founder and CEO, and Nate Fox, Co-Founder and CTO, Ribbon Health Zachariah Reitano, Co-Founder and CEO, Ro Gary Beasley, Co-Founder and CEO, Roofstock Stephen Ehikian, Co-Founder and CEO, Ruist Brian Schechter, CEO, SelfMade Olga Vidisheva, Founder and CEO, Shoptiques Inc. Dan Doctoroff, CEO, Sidewalk Labs Jason Tan, CEO, Sift Matt Cooper, CEO, Skillshare Grant Jordan, CEO, SkySafe Josh Guttman, Co-Founder and CEO and Florent Peyre, Co-Founder and President, Small Door Michael Carvin, Co-Founder and CEO, SmartAsset Aaron King, Founder and CEO, Snapdocs, Inc. Neil Capel, CEO, Solve.io Ben Hindman, Co-Founder and CEO, Splash Evan Beard, Founder and CEO, Standard Bots Stanlee R. Gatti, Founder, Stanlee R. Gatti Designs Bradford Oberwager, CEO, Sundia Corporation Ross Feinstein, CEO, Sunlight Health Paul Budnitz, CEO, Superplastic Ron Conway, Founder, SV Angel Heidi Zak, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, and David Spector, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, ThirdLove Yashar Nejati, CEO, thisopenspace inc. Joshua Kushner, Founder and Managing Partner, Thrive Capital Chris Wang, CEO, ThunderCore Inc. Corbett Kull, CEO, Tillable Meghan Jewitt, CEO, Uniform Teeth Nicholas Goldner, Co-Founder and CEO, and Christopher Bulow, Co-Founder and COO, Viosera Therapeutics Ken Chong, CEO, Virtual Kitchen Co Irv Remedios, CEO, Voxer Oliver Cameron, Co-Founder and CEO, Voyage Chase Adam, Co-Founder and CEO, and Grace Garey, Co-Founder and COO, Watsi Liz Wessel, Co-Founder and CEO, WayUp Neil Waller, CEO, Whalar Bismarck Lepe, CEO, Wizeline Dennis R. Mortensen, Founder and CEO, x.ai, inc. Geoff Ralston, President, Y Combinator Shan-Lyn Ma, Co-Founder and CEO, Zola Notably absent are Apple, Facebook, Google/Alphabet, and Walmart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdiller Posted September 18, 2019 at 11:58 AM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 11:58 AM Of those I don't think I have used or patronized any. Most of the smaller ones are probably just waiting for the bigger fish to buy them out. That's knid of theway tech companies go now. They don't want an IPO they'd rather be bought out buy one of the bigger techs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmyers Posted September 18, 2019 at 12:35 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 12:35 PM I was looking at the list and many of them I have no idea what they sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoresident Posted September 18, 2019 at 01:11 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 01:11 PM · Hidden by mauserme, September 19, 2019 at 11:00 AM - No reason given Hidden by mauserme, September 19, 2019 at 11:00 AM - No reason given Real estate, investment banks and other financial products, and companies that profited by exploiting labor market and zoning loopholes? Guys, I thought it was the socialists coming for my guns? Link to comment
junglebob Posted September 18, 2019 at 01:14 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 01:14 PM I noticed that Dick's Sporting Goods is on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS1 Posted September 18, 2019 at 01:21 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 01:21 PM Bunch of tech start ups on there. I think CEOs called other CEOs and asked them to sign on. That's how these things go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windermere Posted September 18, 2019 at 01:29 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 01:29 PM Real estate, investment banks and other financial products, and companies that profited by exploiting labor market and zoning loopholes? Guys, I thought it was the socialists coming for my guns?They are, they just own Silicon Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbacs Posted September 18, 2019 at 02:18 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 02:18 PM So one should ask ones self at some point.Why would a “company” ceo/co be on this list when in fact they have NO brick n mortar presence?Guns or firearms whom ever is talking, they don’t enter or touch their business models.And like already stated, most will not exist within 18 months as the fail or get swallowed up! And lastly on my thoughts/opinion, where is our group (and who is it) with our list of company’s which stand in support of the 2nd and guns/firearms? These people always make it look like it’s a unanimous case against! 145 companies in ‘Merica....that’s it?Form/blanket letter sent from every small, mini, medium, large, even 3 person shop should be asked to send to the US Senate. But once again, who is it in charge? Who has the organization to get it started? Buelher, Buehler, .............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem4134 Posted September 18, 2019 at 02:41 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 02:41 PM Wouldn't it be interesting to see what states they are located in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockman Posted September 18, 2019 at 03:24 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 03:24 PM Wow! except for maybe 10 companies, I never heard of the rest, let alone knowingly doing business with them! If they all went bankrupt tommorow would I notice the impact in my daily life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfcreek Posted September 18, 2019 at 03:27 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 03:27 PM Broke my heart,but just burned a new pair of levis in the back yard last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Power Posted September 18, 2019 at 03:29 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 03:29 PM · Hidden by mauserme, September 19, 2019 at 11:00 AM - No reason given Hidden by mauserme, September 19, 2019 at 11:00 AM - No reason given Real estate, investment banks and other financial products, and companies that profited by exploiting labor market and zoning loopholes? Guys, I thought it was the socialists coming for my guns?They are, they just own Silicon Valley. Socialists own Silicon Valley? Uhhhhh.... Link to comment
2A4Cook Posted September 18, 2019 at 03:50 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 03:50 PM I'm thinking of a letter between E and G ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbacs Posted September 18, 2019 at 04:51 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 04:51 PM I'm thinking of a letter between E and G ...Sure Mr. Fife will be along soon.He can fill in the blanks, he’s good at it......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InterestedBystander Posted September 18, 2019 at 04:57 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 04:57 PM http://illinoiscarry.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=73050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoresident Posted September 18, 2019 at 06:15 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 06:15 PM · Hidden by mauserme, September 19, 2019 at 11:00 AM - No reason given Hidden by mauserme, September 19, 2019 at 11:00 AM - No reason given Real estate, investment banks and other financial products, and companies that profited by exploiting labor market and zoning loopholes? Guys, I thought it was the socialists coming for my guns?They are, they just own Silicon Valley.LOL, please do tell how investor and upper management (via stock options) owned companies with stock prices totally detached from revenue return or gdp production via a market manipulated by billionaires and investment bankers who's labor is done by H1B visa, offshore labor, and contractors (yes! Free market labor) to assure the worker in no way benefit from the means of production are socialist? How are these ill gotten profits used to buy the likes of Pelosi and Feinstein establishing a socialist government? Just because they're going to create bread lines when they crash the economy and take your guns doesn't mean they're socialist. Link to comment
Bubbacs Posted September 18, 2019 at 07:57 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 07:57 PM http://illinoiscarry.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=73050Oh oh oh IN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InterestedBystander Posted September 18, 2019 at 08:37 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 08:37 PM http://illinoiscarry.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=73050Oh oh ohINmeh...easy to miss. Some are better at writing topic descriptions than others. I havent heard of more than 15 to 20 of those companies either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borgranta Posted September 18, 2019 at 11:22 PM Share Posted September 18, 2019 at 11:22 PM DocumentCloud (PDF)Dear Members of the Senate:...Organizations with more than 500 employees: Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, Head of Community and CEO, AirbnbKeith Mestrich, President and CEO, Amalgamated BankJohn Connaughton and Jonathan Lavine, Co-Managing Partners, and Josh Bekenstein and Steve Pagliuca, Co-Chairmen, Bain CapitalEthan Brown, Co-Founder and CEO, Beyond MeatPeter T. Grauer, Chairman, Bloomberg LPRic Clark, Chairman, Brookfield Property GroupFritz Lanman, CEO, ClassPassRoger Lynch, CEO, Condé NastKen Lin, Founder and CEO, Credit KarmaEdward Stack, CEO, DICK'S Sporting GoodsTony Xu, Co-Founder and CEO, DoorDashDoug Baker, Chairman and CEO, EcolabRichard Edelman, President and CEO, EdelmanJulia Hartz, Co-Founder and CEO, EventbriteArt Peck, CEO, Gap Inc.Eddy Lu, CEO, Goat GroupBen Lerer, Co-Founder and CEO, Group Nine MediaYannick Bolloré, CEO, Havas GroupBill Koenigsberg, President, CEO and Founder, Horizon MediaPatrick O. Brown, MD, PhD, Founder and CEO, Impossible FoodsMichael Roth, Chairman and CEO, InterpublicRob Frohwein, Co-Founder and CEO, and Kathryn Petralia, Co-Founder and President, Kabbage Inc. and Drum TechnologiesChip Bergh, President and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.Logan Green, Co-Founder and CEO, and John Zimmer, Co-Founder and President, LyftDev Ittycheria, President and CEO, MongoDB, Inc.Howard Marks, Co-Chairman, Oaktree Capital ManagementTodd McKinnon, Co-Founder and CEO, OktaJohn Wren, Chairman and CEO, Omnicom GroupBen Silbermann, Co-Founder and CEO, PinterestBastian Lehmann, Co-Founder & CEO, PostmatesHamid R. Moghadam, Chairman and CEO, PrologisArthur Sadoun, Chairman and CEO, Publicis GroupeSteve Huffman, CEO, RedditRichard Fain, CEO, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.Scott Rechler, Chairman and CEO, RXR RealtyJon Oringer, Founder and CEO, Shutterstock, Inc.Jack Dorsey, CEO, Square and TwitterAnthony Casalena, Founder and CEO, SquarespaceZander Lurie, CEO, SurveyMonkeyArianna Huffington, Founder and CEO, Thrive GlobalBlake Mycoskie, Founder and Chief Shoe Giver, and Jim Alling, CEO, TOMSJeff Lawson, Co-Founder and CEO, TwilioDara Khosrowshahi, CEO, UberMark Read, CEO, WPPJeremy Stoppelman, Co-Founder and CEO, Yelp Organizations with fewer than 500 employees: Kevin P. Ryan, Founder and CEO, AlleyCorpTravis Truett, Co-Founder and CEO, AmbitionJohn W. Rogers, Jr., Founder, Chairman and Co-CEO, and Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO & President, Ariel Investments, LLCMike Steib, CEO, ArtsySean Knapp, Co-Founder and CEO, Ascend.ioAndrei Cherny, Co-Founder and CEO, AspirationAbdur Chowdhury, CEO, AuraFahim M. Aziz, Founder and CEO, BackpackJJ Abrams, Chairman and Co-CEO, and Katie McGrath, Co-CEO, Bad RobotAri Paparo, CEO, BeeswaxIO CorporationRyan Block, Co-Founder, BeginJohn Borthwick, Founder and CEO, BetaworksRaphael Crawford-Marks, Co-Founder and CEO, BonuslyDarren Lachtman, Co-Founder, BratTrevor McFedries, CEO, BrudSameer Shariff, Co-Founder, CamblyAnalisa Goodin, Founder and CEO, Catch&Release, Inc.Andrew Feldman, Founder and CEO, Cerebras SystemsGeorge Favvas, CEO, Circle MedicalAlex MacCaw, CEO, ClearbitTyler Bosmeny, CEO, CleverMatt Martin, Co-Founder and CEO, ClockwiseOthman Laraki, Co-Founder and CEO, Color GenomicsJager McConnell, CEO, Crunchbase, Inc.Apu Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO, Curalate, Inc.David Oates, Co-Founder and CEO, CurtsyBrian Ree, Founder and CEO, DAILYLOOKSaurabh Ladha, CEO, Doxel, Inc.Andy Coravos, Co-Founder and CEO, Elektra LabsLaurene Powell Jobs, President, Emerson CollectivePradeep Elankumaran, Co-Founder & CEO, FarmsteadDesiree Gruber, CEO, Full PictureJared Hecht, Founder and CEO, FunderaJude Gomila, Founder and CEO, GoldenRick Nucci, Co-Founder and CEO, GuruKara Goldin, Founder and CEO, Hint, Inc.Jeff Sellinger, Co-Founder and CEO, HipDotPrerna Gupta, CEO, HookedCyrus Massoumi, Managing Partner, humbitionKristin Savilia, CEO, JOORPierre Valade, CEO, Jumbo PrivacyWilliam Martino, Founder and CEO, KadenaJake Perlman-Garr, CEO, KangaWarren Shaeffer, Co-Founder and CEO, KnowableJack Altman, CEO, LatticeAaron N. Block, Co-Founder and Managing Director, MetaProp.vcAfton Vechery, Co-Founder and CEO, Modern FertilityDan Parham, Founder and CEO, and Tee Parham, Founder and CTO, NeighborlandShafqat Islam, CEO, NewsCredSarah Friar, CEO, NextdoorAthan Stephanopoulos, President, NowThisVarsha Rao, CEO, NurxWilliam E. Oberndorf, Chairman, Oberndorf EnterprisesSteven Rosenblatt, Co-Founder and General Partner, OceansNick Huzar, Co-Founder and CEO, OfferUpJames Segil, Co-Founder and President, OpenpathJordan Husney, CEO, ParabolDoug Aley, CEO, ParavisionJohn Milinovich, CEO, Plato DesignRajat Suri, CEO, PrestoChristopher Gavigan, Founder and CEO, PrimaAdam Regelmann, Founder and COO, QuartzyNate Maslak, Co-Founder and CEO, and Nate Fox, Co-Founder and CTO, Ribbon HealthZachariah Reitano, Co-Founder and CEO, RoGary Beasley, Co-Founder and CEO, RoofstockStephen Ehikian, Co-Founder and CEO, RuistBrian Schechter, CEO, SelfMadeOlga Vidisheva, Founder and CEO, Shoptiques Inc.Dan Doctoroff, CEO, Sidewalk LabsJason Tan, CEO, SiftMatt Cooper, CEO, SkillshareGrant Jordan, CEO, SkySafeJosh Guttman, Co-Founder and CEO and Florent Peyre, Co-Founder and President, Small DoorMichael Carvin, Co-Founder and CEO, SmartAssetAaron King, Founder and CEO, Snapdocs, Inc.Neil Capel, CEO, Solve.ioBen Hindman, Co-Founder and CEO, SplashEvan Beard, Founder and CEO, Standard BotsStanlee R. Gatti, Founder, Stanlee R. Gatti DesignsBradford Oberwager, CEO, Sundia CorporationRoss Feinstein, CEO, Sunlight HealthPaul Budnitz, CEO, SuperplasticRon Conway, Founder, SV AngelHeidi Zak, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, and David Spector, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, ThirdLoveYashar Nejati, CEO, thisopenspace inc.Joshua Kushner, Founder and Managing Partner, Thrive CapitalChris Wang, CEO, ThunderCore Inc.Corbett Kull, CEO, TillableMeghan Jewitt, CEO, Uniform TeethNicholas Goldner, Co-Founder and CEO, and Christopher Bulow, Co-Founder and COO, Viosera TherapeuticsKen Chong, CEO, Virtual Kitchen CoIrv Remedios, CEO, VoxerOliver Cameron, Co-Founder and CEO, VoyageChase Adam, Co-Founder and CEO, and Grace Garey, Co-Founder and COO, WatsiLiz Wessel, Co-Founder and CEO, WayUpNeil Waller, CEO, WhalarBismarck Lepe, CEO, WizelineDennis R. Mortensen, Founder and CEO, x.ai, inc.Geoff Ralston, President, Y CombinatorShan-Lyn Ma, Co-Founder and CEO, ZolaNotably absent are Apple, Facebook, Google/Alphabet, and Walmart. I find it disturbing that Uber and Lyft want to make it harder for sexual assault victims to have the means to prevent sexual assaults in light of the fact that there is a growing number of sexual assaults by Lyft and Uber drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Fife Posted September 19, 2019 at 12:19 AM Share Posted September 19, 2019 at 12:19 AM How many of these companies are on the Fortunate 500 list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauserme Posted September 19, 2019 at 11:01 AM Share Posted September 19, 2019 at 11:01 AM A couple off topic posts have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plinkermostly Posted September 19, 2019 at 12:07 PM Share Posted September 19, 2019 at 12:07 PM B4 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoresident Posted September 19, 2019 at 02:39 PM Share Posted September 19, 2019 at 02:39 PM · Hidden by mauserme, September 19, 2019 at 04:24 PM - No reason given Hidden by mauserme, September 19, 2019 at 04:24 PM - No reason given A couple off topic posts have been removed.Always amazes me what you consider "off topic". Pointing out these companies are using crony capitalism (what amounts to robbery of the American taxpayer and American worker) to disarm us is "off topic"? Did the "why" drop off the 5 W's of journalistic standards? You are naive in denying a larger motive to disarm us, it's more than to "be woke". A number of names on this list are monopolistic corporations, known financial market manipulators, and labor market exploiters. Yes, some of these smaller companies are hopping on a bandwagon. Almost all these companies are heavily tied to government/politicians either via pay to play contracts or various instruments that flow campaign money between business and politicians. If I knew you wouldn't delete the post to protect the guilty I'd run down this list and cite money flowing back and forth between almost every one of these companies to government efforts to disarm us. That's news, even if it's news you don't want to hear. We own guns to protect our livelihood and uphold the constitution. Do you think these companies/politicians are going to be more ethical/constitutional when we don't own guns? I'm not advocating violence, but the 2nd ammendment has always been a strong deterrence against theft. No need to water it down for the fudds. Link to comment
mauserme Posted September 19, 2019 at 04:25 PM Share Posted September 19, 2019 at 04:25 PM A couple off topic posts have been removed. Make it three. B4 ? I don't know. This one has a list of the players. Might be worth keeping open, if we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoresident Posted September 19, 2019 at 05:00 PM Share Posted September 19, 2019 at 05:00 PM A couple off topic posts have been removed.Make it three. B4 ?I don't know. This one has a list of the players. Might be worth keeping open, if we can.You know I don't post tinfoil conspiracy theories, who on this list are you trying to protect? Is it my discourse you disagree with or manner of delivery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauserme Posted September 19, 2019 at 05:08 PM Share Posted September 19, 2019 at 05:08 PM You know I don't post tinfoil conspiracy theories, who on this list are you trying to protect? Is it my discourse you disagree with or manner of delivery? Your posts regarding worker exploitation are not at all related to the topic and have been removed for that reason. If you have trouble understanding that there are steps that can help in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoresident Posted September 19, 2019 at 05:15 PM Share Posted September 19, 2019 at 05:15 PM · Hidden by mauserme, September 19, 2019 at 05:56 PM - No reason given Hidden by mauserme, September 19, 2019 at 05:56 PM - No reason given You know I don't post tinfoil conspiracy theories, who on this list are you trying to protect?Is it my discourse you disagree with or manner of delivery?Your posts regarding worker exploitation are not at all related to the topic and have been removed for that reason.If you have trouble understanding that there are steps that can help in that regard.I mean literally Uber on the above list lobbying for universal background checks and unconstitutional red flag lawshttps://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-independent-contract-20180430-story.html had a California Supreme Court case that successfully ruled against them for the exploitation of workers using the contractors clause. Also sued successfully for 20million for worker exploitation through deceptionhttps://www.inverse.com/article/26660-uber-driver-lawsuit-settlement Uber also robs us, the taxpayers, of money (a fact stated by the California Labor Commission). They use their profits against a constitutional right (a fact stated by this letter). Whether via lobbying or unfair market practices that allows them to alienate gun owning customers without fear of competition. According to the California Labor Commissioners website, the misclassification of workers as independent contractors costs the state roughly $7 billion in lost payroll taxes each year.I could go down this list and cite similar unfair anticompetitive market practices with almost all these businesses. Link to comment
Euler Posted September 19, 2019 at 05:19 PM Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 at 05:19 PM ... I don't know. This one has a list of the players. Might be worth keeping open, if we can. Truthfully, I didn't realize the other post was about the letter. Most of the news coverage was about the content, not the signatories. The content of the letter itself was just "guns are bad-bad-nasty-evil, so please implement lots and lots of gun control right away." My intent was just to list the signatories. I'm generally not a fan of lists, but these people apparently like them so much that they put themselves on one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauserme Posted September 19, 2019 at 05:55 PM Share Posted September 19, 2019 at 05:55 PM I mean literally Uber on the above list ... An unfortunate choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchDoctor Posted September 19, 2019 at 08:27 PM Share Posted September 19, 2019 at 08:27 PM I appreciate a condensed list of who and where NOT to spend any of my money! Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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