Mar 16, 2023
In 1925, addressing the American Society of Newspaper Editors, President Calvin Coolidge remarked, "After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing, and prospering in the world." Sadly, it's growing more and more common for considerations that have nothing to do with business to determine who gets to do business. Many are finding it impossible to even participate in the day-to-day business of America due to ideological litmus tests, cancel culture, and de-banking. Last year, without notice or explanation, JPMorgan Chase closed the account of the National Committee for Religious Freedom - a nonprofit advocacy group that exists to defend the right of everyone in America to live their faith freely. NCRF's chairman is Sam Brownback, a former U.S. Senator (R-KS), Republican governor, and U.S. ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom. In order to reconsider the account