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Democrats cook up sneaky new scheme to stomp out small business
American Thinker ^ | 19 Oct, 2021 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 10/19/2021 4:04:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber

The INFORM Consumers act is another Democrat gaslight targeting the little guy.

Is there anything Democrats can't do...to kill off America's innovators and entrepreneurs?

Sure as heck not, given their latest sneaky plan to discourage small — and I mean really small — businesses.

According to Jessica Pate, writing at Issues & Insights:

The INFORM Consumers act would impose new requirements and burdens on the millions of people who run small businesses. Similar bills introduced in more than a dozen state legislatures are generally supported by big-box retailers eager to siphon online money back to their stores. Lawmakers should reject them all.

On their face, the INFORM bills claim to make improvements to online marketplaces. In response to increasing instances of so-called "retail crime," including counterfeit goods and online scams, the bills would require every online seller above a certain volume to disclose their current business and contact information to be available and searchable online.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: communism
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1 posted on 10/19/2021 4:04:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

A new weapon in the arsenal in the war against the free enterprise system.


2 posted on 10/19/2021 4:04:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Every day something else to push us closer to the edge of the cliff.


3 posted on 10/19/2021 4:08:32 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MtnClimber

Another advance the the Democrats’ American Cultural Revolution.
At some point they will need to start eliminating their competition like Mao and every dictatorship does.


4 posted on 10/19/2021 4:14:11 AM PDT by BuffaloJack
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To: MtnClimber

I’d like the federal government to run the post office, and some courts. That’s pretty much it.

Let the states run everything else. National Guard at the state level is all we need — no one is going to invade us.

I figure we can get by with a federal budget of $200B. They won’t cause too much trouble with that.


5 posted on 10/19/2021 4:18:38 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. A weaker, Jr partner, good at losing wars.)
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To: MtnClimber

Governor Inslee of Washington has proven to be a genius at destroying jobs and small businesses. He’s become the master of lockdowns and mandates, but hasn’t abandoned the tried and true technique of confiscatory taxation. I’d say he’s Stalin-esque than Mao-esque, eschewing mass executions for more subtle mass starvation.


6 posted on 10/19/2021 4:29:46 AM PDT by Spok (Orwell was a prophet.))
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

And fully HALF of all Americans are all for it.


7 posted on 10/19/2021 4:30:45 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: MtnClimber

COME BACK, PRESIDENT TRUMP.


8 posted on 10/19/2021 4:43:30 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: MtnClimber
A new weapon in the arsenal in the war against the free enterprise system.

Then, when the economic collapse takes place, they will blame capitalism for it...just as they do with healthcare despite massive federal involvement.

9 posted on 10/19/2021 4:43:33 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: MtnClimber
The threshold for "high volume" sellers who need to disclose their places of business to the public is literally $5,000 a year.

That's what UPS box store addresses are for.

10 posted on 10/19/2021 4:44:51 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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Too bad we have a majority of our Supreme Court Justices who are being blackmailed by the #JihadJunta and will not defend Americans’ rights. This is draconian just like every other policy that these evil cretins are foisting on the American Patriots. How do we stop this? I wish we had an answer.


11 posted on 10/19/2021 4:48:34 AM PDT by Shady (The #JihadJunta is now a Dictatorship, there are no more “laws..”)
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I don’t bye the “ blackmail” scenario.
Maybe in extreme cases someone needs to be reminded they are bought and paid for.
So,don’t go against the corrupt grain.
More believable they are taking payoffs.
The whole corrupt system functions on people selling out their principles,if they ever had any,for cash or the equivalent.


12 posted on 10/19/2021 4:55:37 AM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden)
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There needs to be some solution because there are a LOT of bad third party sellers that have been screwing up the marketplace for everyone else, including responsible third party sellers. Consumers are already starting to switch to the larger retailers and away from the third party sellers like parents switching to private and online schools and away from public schools. You can only deal with so much price gouging and fake stuff before you call it a day.


13 posted on 10/19/2021 4:58:24 AM PDT by BlackAdderess
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I wonder if there is an auditing system so I can be assured that every single $600. payment is recorded and reported to the government. Every single time. I want proof!!!


14 posted on 10/19/2021 5:18:01 AM PDT by healy61
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To: ClearCase_guy

“I’d like the federal government to run the post office, and some courts. That’s pretty much it.”

I suppose you haven’t noticed... But they can’t even run those correctly.


15 posted on 10/19/2021 5:28:35 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Leep

I agree, they are taking bribes...


16 posted on 10/19/2021 5:30:23 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Spoken like a true libertarian (I mean that as a compliment).

You might enjoy this:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008UX8K3S/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1


17 posted on 10/19/2021 5:32:59 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Puppage
And fully HALF of all Americans are all for it.

I still do not believe this. if we really think our elections are being stolen, we need our #1 priority to be taking back our election process, and getting active enough in every precinct in America so that we can stop the steal as it happens.

I think that if we could stop the fraud, we would find that the liberals never had more that 40% of the vote nationwide. I bet some states that have been turning "purple" like Georgia and Virginia would go back to being "red".

18 posted on 10/19/2021 5:35:34 AM PDT by FreedomVsControl
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bttt


19 posted on 10/19/2021 5:39:37 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will never be a peaceful slave in a new socialist Americansica.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

You forgot ICBMs, Eric Swallowswell nothwithstanding.


20 posted on 10/19/2021 5:58:52 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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