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Tony_FLADEM

(3,023 posts) Thu Aug 9, 2012, 04:49 PM Aug 2012

Scotts Miracle-Gro gives big money to Romney PAC

In an election year filled with secret campaign money, the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company has made the unlikely choice to go public with a big political donation.

The Ohio-based company, familiar as the producer of a ubiquitous plant fertilizer, is now a political player, donating $200,000 in June to the Restore Our Future super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

That makes Miracle-Gro among the first public companies with well-known consumer brands to publicly enter the new world of campaign funding. That world has been reshaped by the 2010 Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which allowed direct corporate spending on election campaigns.

http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/08/09/scotts-miracle-gro-gives-big-money-romney-pac

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Scotts Miracle-Gro gives big money to Romney PAC (Original Post) Tony_FLADEM Aug 2012 OP

Shit. Another brand I can't buy. Laurian Aug 2012 #1

Fuck them and their poison. I use all organic stuff so that my dogs don't get cancer, anyway. n/t progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #2

Good! freshwest Aug 2012 #10

Never liked their crap anyway. Overpriced and their grass sucked at my place. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #3

well, gotta come up with something to fill my pots with next year - no more MG potting mix NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #4

Is this the same Scotts that makes the Paper Towels Thrill Aug 2012 #5

No, virgogal Aug 2012 #6

No. These are the ones who willfully put poison in birdseed. Screw 'em. freshwest Aug 2012 #8

Well this is incredibly disappointing. Raine1967 Aug 2012 #7

monsanto bought burpee?!!!?! bunnies Aug 2012 #13

I need to correct myself: Burpee sells Monsanto seeds. Raine1967 Aug 2012 #14

Then their corporate website lies. Read this: CurtEastPoint Aug 2012 #9

Is this pre-Citizens United? Raine1967 Aug 2012 #15

Appropriate. Romney is full of shit, and he needs a miracle. JBoy Aug 2012 #11

It's Black Gold from now on Liberal Gramma Aug 2012 #12

No More Scotts For Me otohara Aug 2012 #16

Laurian

(2,593 posts)

1. Shit. Another brand I can't buy.

Reply to Tony_FLADEM (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 04:52 PM

Aug 2012

Not that I buy a lot of lawn products, but I'm soon going to need a spreadsheet before I go shopping or out to eat.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)

2. Fuck them and their poison. I use all organic stuff so that my dogs don't get cancer, anyway. n/t

Reply to Tony_FLADEM (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 04:53 PM

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freshwest

(53,661 posts)

10. Good!

Reply to progressivebydesign (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 05:31 PM

Aug 2012

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

3. Never liked their crap anyway. Overpriced and their grass sucked at my place. n/t

Reply to Tony_FLADEM (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 04:56 PM

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NRaleighLiberal

(60,024 posts)

4. well, gotta come up with something to fill my pots with next year - no more MG potting mix

Reply to Tony_FLADEM (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 04:57 PM

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Thrill

(19,178 posts)

5. Is this the same Scotts that makes the Paper Towels

Reply to Tony_FLADEM (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 04:59 PM

Aug 2012

and Tissue?

virgogal

(10,178 posts)

6. No,

Reply to Thrill (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 05:15 PM

Aug 2012

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

8. No. These are the ones who willfully put poison in birdseed. Screw 'em.

Reply to Thrill (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 05:30 PM

Aug 2012

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)

7. Well this is incredibly disappointing.

Reply to Tony_FLADEM (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 05:22 PM

Aug 2012

I had to swear of any Burpee plants (and a few other companies that I relied upon for seedlings) for my garden this year because Monsanto bought the company. It worked out good for me as I went to non GMO seeds -- and I grew things from seed for the first time.

At the time, I went and did research to make sure that Scott's wasn't a Monsanto company -- they weren't, so I felt ok using them for my plants. I don't know if I can do that anymore. What a terrible disappointment.

bunnies

(15,859 posts)

13. monsanto bought burpee?!!!?!

Reply to Raine1967 (Reply #7)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 07:57 PM

Aug 2012

GAH! Glad I only got flower seeds from them this year. Never again though!

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)

14. I need to correct myself: Burpee sells Monsanto seeds.

Reply to bunnies (Reply #13)

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:56 AM

Aug 2012

Here is a link for more information: http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/2012/02/keep-monsanto-out-of-your-veggie-patch/

And now the company wants to poke its greedy fingers into our home gardens. In 2005, Monsanto quietly purchased Seminis Seeds for $1.4 billion in cash. Seminis’ seeds are carried by some of the best-known gardening catalogs, including Burpee, Park Seed, John Scheeper and others. The purchase of Seminis, plus the purchase of several smaller seed concerns, has given Monsanto an estimated 40%-80% share of the home vegetable seed market.

I just couldn't take the chance anymore.

CurtEastPoint

(18,668 posts)

9. Then their corporate website lies. Read this:

Reply to Tony_FLADEM (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 05:30 PM

Aug 2012

"What We Do Not Support
ScottsMiracle-Gro's charitable funds do not support the following:
Groups that are not tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code
Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, marital status, age, disability, or veteran status
Individuals
Private foundations
Lobbying, partisan or denominational groups
Endowment campaigns
Research and development
Organizational operating expenses
Individual elementary and secondary schools, not associated with national outreach programming
Groups or individuals seeking educational or travel grants for contests, pageants, trips, or conventions
United Way member organizations (ScottsMiracle-Gro and its associates are generous supporters of annual United Way funding, agencies supported by United Way are not eligible to apply for additional support)
Faith-Based Organizations (ScottsMiracle-Gro will consider requests from faith-based organizations, provided the contributions are not used for inherently religious purposes or to serve a limited constituency versus the larger community in which an organization operates, i.e. community gardens)