So, I got into a little debate with a few people on one of the sites promoting “Democratic-friendly” companies. Their legitimate campaign goes something like this: we’re going to put our consumer dollars only into companies that support Democrats, based on data on campaign contributions.

I think there’s a problem with that strategy on at least two levels. I just think it’s questionable whether you can divine a major difference between what “Democratic” corporate dollars are buying, policy-wise, versus “Republican” dollars.

But, a bigger issue for me is this: I’m for supporting companies that have unions over companies that don’t have unions, whenever and wherever possible. So, American, Delta and United’s corporate execs may be considered “red-Republican” companies (and, by the way, isn’t it ironic that the color red is now associated with conservatism?) because of their campaign contributions but those companies do have unions (albeit, the companies are squeezing billions out of workers to keep the companies afloat). On the other hand, JetBlue is considered a “blue” company because it’s CEO donated to Democrats–but it is non-union, and proudly so.

If you are for a change in the economic well-being of the country, it’s not the parties that matter but the strength of workers to influence what the parties do. Ain’t going to happen except with unions.