, Columnist
Liberals Can Hold Corporations Accountable
Corporate America prefers Republican voters and Democratic consumers.
Mixed messages.
Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
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As U.S. political parties diverge ever more distinctly into a defender of the old and the past versus an advocate of the young and the future, corporate America — at least the parts with consumer-facing business — is increasingly two-faced.
To the multi-racial, cosmopolitan younger America with money to spend, it shows the face of the future. Meanwhile, to secure its tax preferences, deregulation and clampdown on labor rights, it spends its political money on the party of Fox News.