By Crashing Walmart Meeting, Sanders Provides Preview Of Socialism Under His Watch
J. Frank Bullitt
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, polling second among Democratic presidential candidates, will reportedly butt in on Walmart’s annual shareholder meeting, where he will demand the company change its policies to please him. Voters take note: This is how socialists operate. They believe all businesses belong to them.
Sanders, who has long self-identified as a socialist, will “push for the retail giant’s workers to get a seat on the board of directors†at next month’s meeting, says MarketWatch. Fortune magazine is a little more descriptive in its coverage. It says he “plans to crash†the meeting.
“Sanders, a longtime critic of labor practices at the nation’s biggest private employer, will introduce a shareholder proposal at the June 5 meeting in Rogers, Ark.,†Fortune reports. “The proposal, which has no chance of passing, calls for Walmart to give its hourly workers a board seat.â€
How a private company structures its board is none of Sanders’ business. Yet he believes that he has the right to dictate how Walmart conducts its affairs. The fact the proposal “has no chance of passing†is irrelevant. The point is Sanders is trespassing.
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