Meanwhile, another Tory MP, David Davies, has said he also met the fake company but refused any business relationship.
Are we so opposed to government involvement in business, that we reflexively refuse the business of securing a government?
But "despite our best efforts, International Rectifier has flatly refused to discuss a business combination with us and to explore the benefits of such a combination," Paul said.
"This is the first time I've ever been refused service at a business because I was gay," Mullins is quoted by Philadelphia Magazine as saying in a statement.
He noted that Alderman Joe Moreno is "practicing viewpoint discrimination" when he "refuses to allow a business to open because its owner has expressed a viewpoint that the government disagrees with".
"Anyone in the community you talk about this, or even refinery workers, are completely against it," says Lucio. "The medical community also opposes it," including the Texas Medical Association, which for the first time ever has refused to back a business venture.
And then there's the inept and stubborn auto industry, that refused to have a business plan for the 21st century, waiting at the back door of Treasury in their gas guzzling SUVs for whatever is left after the orgy of stealing.
When Gaines questioned a Chase representative about why the company would refuse to do business with a merchant of "adult-oriented products," the bank told her it was due to federal regulations aimed at stopping money laundering, child pornography and fraud, she said.
A few will refuse to do business with you if you don't provide it.
You can understand the appeal of this argument — there's something unsettling about the idea that a company can unilaterally refuse to do business with you.
