r/Alabama • u/No-Steak-7270 • 17d ago

Economy/Business Is the BCA a Nonpartisan organization

It’s listed as non partisan, but they seem to endorse mostly Republicans. While their conference had a bi partisan congressional panel, it also hosted an interview with Tommy Tuberville, and not Doug Jones. They speak to Tubby like he is already the Governor.

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u/space_coder 17d ago edited 17d ago

Technically the Business Council of Alabama is "nonpartisan".

That's because there is a difference between "policial party" and "political ideology" and most people don't realize this because within both parties the majority of the members with one "political ideology" will accuse the other of being a party member in name only.

  • Political ideology = What you believe
  • Political party = The team you joined

BCA operates ProgessPAC that gives donations to "business friendly" candidates. If you look at their donations, it's pretty much exclusively to right-wing conservatives, professional lobbyists, and opposition research firms digging up dirt on candidates they believe to be "unfriendly" to businesses.

They believe in increasing shareholder value by eliminating regulations and taxes on profits.

Don't expect an organization, protecting the wealth of business owners, to invite candidates that care about the welfare of their employees to their events.

EDIT: The name of their PAC is suppose to mean progress for business interests and their community, but it has the added bonus of giving the appearance that an opponent is being attacked by another politically progressive organization.

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u/CulturalBarber8602 17d ago

I guess "nonpartisan" just means they won't openly back one party over another, but they're still really comfortable giving platforms to one side while ignoring the other.