| Recently the Federal Trade Commission put
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| | events, chambers of commerce and support
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| forth a franchise report for possible
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| | local sports teams like soccer, little
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| rule making. In the report is offers
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| | league, high school bands and Boy Scouts
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| possible law changes, which will screw
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| | (Oh, whoops, I am not allowed to say that
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| over small business. Isn't this so
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| | as some people at the Federal Trade
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| typical of the Washington DC bureaucracy
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| | Commission do not like Boy Scouts because
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| with their fingers up everyone's you know
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| | of their personal sexual preferences,
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| what? The Federal Trade Commission
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| | instead wish to hold that against the
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| appears to want to revamp the franchise
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| | kids, so strike the American Apple Pie
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| rule and effectively crush small business
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| | example of the Boy Scouts, we do not want
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| franchised outlets.The biggest issue now
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| | to hurt anyone's feeling?). Large
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| in American Commerce is how can small
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| | Corporations during down economic times
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| businesses compete with the larger Box
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| | are the first to cut such things from
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| Stores? Well, through economies of
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| | their budgets if in fact they have such
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| scale, small business co-ops and
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| | programs at all. Some do, but
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| franchising. But if franchising is
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| | comparatively speaking not as large a
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| inhibited in the market place you have in
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| | percentage of gross sales as small
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| fact eliminated the competition of the
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| | businesses, which most franchised outlets
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| giant corporate box stores. Yet small
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| | are.Over Disclosure hurts those who wish
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| business employs over 70% of our economy.
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| | to own a business of their own as part of
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| So further regulations on franchising
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| | their American Dream because franchisors
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| and incessant over disclosure (190-230
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| | have to raise fees and therefore fewer
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| page UFOCs) doesn't help anyone as it
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| | Americans will qualify to buy franchises.
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| causes the following;Over Disclosure
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| | It is the same scenario as home
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| creates barriers to entry into the
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| | ownership for young couples, raise the
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| franchising field for franchisors, who
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| | price of the house a few thousand dollars
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| have a mortality rate of 5:1 in the first
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| | or the interests rates a couple of points
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| five years already, yet the Federal Trade
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| | and all of a sudden the dream vanishes as
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| Commission claims to be pro-competition?
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| | they cannot qualify. In the case of
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| BS, it is total protectionism, helping
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| | franchisors that savings to the buyer,
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| larger corporations against
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| | that extra money would have went to
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| entrepreneurship. If no new industries
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| | attorneys, yet these lawyers have
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| get a foothold the older industries like
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| | hyper-inflated the costs associated with
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| text tiles, mining, steel will slowly
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| | franchising and cannot seem to understand
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| dwindle with no new venues to buy up or
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| | why franchise litigation and legal
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| expand into. Without new industries
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| | services are not as good as days gone by?
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| starting and with old ones maturing and
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| | Well it is quite simple. There were
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| dying we cannot have a healthy economy.
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| | 6000 franchisors in the 80's, less than
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| The $25-35K to prepare documents and the
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| | 2000 active today. Ever ask yourself
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| $20K to stay registered in Franchise
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| | why? Over regulation, lawsuits and a
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| Registration states and the $45K for
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| | complete misunderstanding of how
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| yearly audits does not allow for future
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| | franchises work by state registration
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| Ray Kroc, built from scratch
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| | departments and those fine folks in
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| entrepreneurs. They cannot succeed, build
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| | government over at the Federal Trade
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| and continue; today even well financed
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| | Commission who are so easily manipulated
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| ones have issues. (i.e. Shlotskys Deli,
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| | by lawyers.In fact there is only one
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| Krispy Creamed).Over Disclosure decreases
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| | group in the entire world who is well
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| jobs in the private sector due to fewer
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| | served by over regulation and that is the
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| new entrants. Forcing lower wages in box
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| | lawyers, that self-serving group who
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| stores and further diminishing the middle
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| | actively manipulates the rules in
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| class, whose buying power is supporting
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| | franchising. The Federal Trade
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| the whole world's economies and helping
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| | Commission is obviously in bed with the
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| new nations realize freedoms and human
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| | lawyers and we know that most of Federal
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| rights.Over Disclosure decreases tax
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| | Trade Commission employees in the
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| base; Less Jobs and commerce mean less
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| | franchising division will go on to work
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| tax base for government agencies meaning
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| | for the very law firms making comments on
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| the Federal Trade Commission has less
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| | this rule. How perfect is that?
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| budget (Ah ha, finally good news, at
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| | Wonderful, well for everyone except
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| least all this over regulations will help
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| | the:ConsumerCitizensCountryFranchisorsFra
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| reduce government bureaucracy as you
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| | nchiseesEconomyEntrepreneursFree
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| people at the Federal Trade Commission
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| | MarketThink about it America, isn't it
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| will no longer have jobs, great you do
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| | time we asked our Congressmen to cut the
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| not deserve them!).Over Disclosure
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| | budget of such a bureaucracy, if they
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| decreases competition in the market place
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| | cannot even manage a small group in a
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| and reduces consumer choice. Forcing
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| | small department of a small agency in the
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| people to buy a one sizes fits all
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| | Justice Department? Why would we all
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| product lines, which is most likely made
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| | allow the United States Justice
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| outside the US.Over Disclosure destroys
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| | Department' Federal Trade Commission's
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| communities as individual franchised
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| | Consumer Protection Division's Franchise
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| units are small businesses which support
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| | Group get away with such atrocities to
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| communities, where as large corporate
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| | the health and welfare of our nation's
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| stores often do not join local
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| | small businesses? Thanks for listening,
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| committees, service clubs, make
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| | think on it for me.Lance Winslow - Online
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| | Think Tank forum board.
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