Reply #1: No, but it sounds interesting and oh so true! [View All]

I was in Atlanta some time back, and they had a front page article about the founder of Home Depot. He has made a ton of contributions to Republicans all over Georgia as well as doing major * fundraisers in his swanky home in Buckhead. They didn't mention it in the article but I still remember a provision in a bill regarding ceiling fans imported from China that Home Depot sells. Congress had to fix a trade law last fall (this was before the election) and put in there to eliminate the tariff on those ceiling fans. This, of course, will not result in a lower price -- Home Depot will charge the same price, and pocket the rest. That's a hell of a lot more money than whatever contributions the Home Depot pres. gave or raised for *. In that sense, * is a cheap date for corporate America -- it's the best money they can spend.