The Right Side of the News

Um, no. Business owners have been allowed to ban individuals since this country was founded. Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences. The First Amendment ensures your free speech will not result in you being threatened by a particular government in power. It doesn't say anything about private individuals who may wish to dis-associate themselves from someone who they think is disruptive to their business.A streaker running across a soccer field is not having their free speech infringed upon when security tackles them and takes them away.FYI, Fox News banned a guest recently that claimed torture 'worked' in John McCain when he was in captivity:Fox News Bans Military Guest Who Claimed Torture ‘Worked’ on John McCainSo is Fox News now also part of the 'totalitarian oppression'?

The problem is that corporations and the wealthy have already figured out how to circumvent that issue by using stocks as the main incentives.CEO incomes intrinsically are often not very large, relatively speaking. Some CEOs actually taken a token '1 dollar a year' salary. But that is a canard to hide the fact that they own millions in shares.So if a CEO negotiates a contract whereby their salary is small and their stock compensation is high, they will circumvent any higher income tax rates since tax on dividends and stock sales is taxed differently.