Parallel economy fueled by conservatives gives consumers alternatives that support their values
Conservative leaders described to Just the News how they got involved in businesses by creating multiple alternatives in banking, books, shopping, job boards and music.
Last year, country music star John Rich announced the creation of a new bank for Americans who support freedom of speech and have concerns about their existing bankers punishing them – and their accounts – for publicly backing issues that their banks don't support.
The bank is called Old Glory Bank and it's being led by Rich, conservative commentator Larry Elder and Dr. Ben Carson, a former cabinet secretary and 2016 presidential candidate.
"People are having their bank accounts frozen, suspended and sometimes completely turned off," Rich said on the Just the News, No Noise TV show. "It disrupts their business in such a way that a lot of people lose their businesses when that happens. So that's another hill as we say... we have to build hills that people can run to."