with John McCrea of American Promise
Ep. #237 of The Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Podcast
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In any political election—especially major ones, such as the midterm elections in the United States—it’s important to know where the money to fund various campaigns is coming from. As citizens, we should also understand how that flow of money (both in and out) affects the business community.
John McCrea is the National Business Network Manager of American Promise. This organization advocates the 28th Amendment of the Constitution to protect elections from foreign money and special interests, and pursues freedom for all Americans.
As a former small business owner, John felt the need to help his fellow entrepreneurs by working with American Promise. He is leveraging his 30+ years of experience working in IT services for small to midsize business owners to help the country to move forward and create a level playing field where all businesses, regardless of size, thrive and bring value to their market.
In this episode, John talks us through the conditions we have right now with unrestrained money in political spending, the ongoing issues in the political system, and its impact on the business community. John also shares some updates on the various actions that American Promise takes to cultivate a better future for Americans.
The full transcript for this episode and more can be found at SocialEntrepreneurship.FM/237.
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“The time to say no to money in politics is not after you get into trouble with your political giving. The time is when it’s calm and you can make that public announcement to your shareholders or your stakeholders that you’re not playing this game anymore. It’s not working for anyone. The money we used to spend in politics we can give to our workers for better benefits or more leave, or do research and development, whatever it may be. It IS possible to be a large business in this economy, not give politically, and still do well.”
— John McCrea, American Promise
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Links & Resources Mentioned
- John McCrea on LinkedIn
- American Promise on LinkedIn
- American Promise’s “Take Action” petition
- Join the American Promise Business Network
- Jeff Clements on LinkedIn
- Dr. Jessica Hare on LinkedIn
- The $63 billion market cap loss of Disney (blog post)
- IBM’s political contribution philosophy
- Strategas Global Policy Opportunities ETF
- Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy from Big Money and Global Corporations by Jeffrey D. Clements
- The Better World Weekly Newsletter
- Become a Sponsor
- Cory Ames on LinkedIn and Twitter
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