I was really rubbed very hard when you equated wages as a gift to the people you employee. That is very similar to the philosophies that many dictators have.
Actually, he was just using the word in the way that most people use it, when they say things like, "I won't give my money to Hollywood," or "I won't give my money to Such-and-such Corporation that doesn't support [political position]." The money is being earned in all three of those cases, but people have a tendency to use inexact wording.
And if we could stay on the realism train for a few more stops, I might point out that there is nothing particularly extreme or unpleasant about avoiding entanglements with people that oppose one's own goals, interests, or well-being. Or with people that make moral choices one finds extremely offensive. What the Battle Monkey has proposed is nothing more than a boycott.
That being said, is adding these Democrats to the ranks of the unemployed a good option? Would it be better for the Battle Monkey to have a meeting with his employees, where he explains how government policies endanger their business?
