The US Chamber of Commerce gets the government they voted for, good and hard.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent letters to members of Congress on Thursday urging them to cut two sections of President Joe Biden’s spending bill that empower the Federal Trade Commission.
The Chamber, which represents a wide array of businesses and trade associations across the country, sent the letters to lawmakers lambasting two provisions of the Build Back Better Act, which is currently being debated in the Senate, for giving the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) “unprecedented and unjustified” authority to regulate businesses.
If enacted, the provisions would create a privacy bureau within the FTC to combat “unfair or deceptive acts or practices relating to privacy, data security, identity theft, data abuses, and related matters.” Moreover, the provisions would grant the FTC additional authority to impose civil penalties on firms that commit such “unfair or deceptive acts or practices.”
The Chamber argued these provisions would stifle innovation, harm consumers and make business activity subject to the arbitrary whim of the FTC.
“This would constitute a major policy shift in FTC enforcement authority that would unfairly erode due process and would impose significant new costs on companies acting in good faith when serving consumers,” the Chamber wrote on behalf of businesses and trade groups.
Enjoy that cheap immigrant labour, suckers.
none of the agencies should have the ability to assess civil penalties for violations, as they would be acting as both prosecutor and judge, which is a clear conflict of interest, as well as a violation of the dormant theory of separation of powers.
Chevon and it’s ilk should be overturned as well.
The chamber of commerce refused to turn off the store lights pre December 7, 1941. All along the eastern seaboard nazi u boats had perfectly silhouetted targets to sink. Chamber of commerce explained they didn’t want to hamper Christmas sales even as the bodies of merchant men washed ashore. Good and harder I hope
FO Cof C
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce got what it wanted good and hard.
What did the idiots expect?
Freedom and Liberty?
And I laughed and I laughed and I laughed.
Kate
“Enjoy that cheap immigrant labour, suckers”.
That just about sums it up, what a punch line. CoC have been blood sucking leeches to governments the world over. A purse to boost most politician’s war chests to keep pushing for cheaper labour cost$ by displacing locals with imports. Fouck them all and a pox on their houses. You don’t see the CoC supporting all those mom and pop businesses that have be burned or looted out. They are a sheite stain on society.
bverwey