Do you own a SMALL BUSINESS?

[BDYZR]

Then remember these Florida Senators:

 

Senators Bill Galvano, Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, John Lee, Bill Montford, Garrett Richter, Jeremy Ring, David Simmons, Eleanor Sobel, and John Thrasher ALL VOTED AGAINST THE SMALL BUSINESS MAN.

 

http://tbo.com/news/politics/beer-wars-come-to-tallahassee-as-craft-brewers-fight-bill-20140421/

 

 

[charsibb]

Defense of the status quo. This is nothing more than mercantilism writ small.

 

Vote the bums out!

[Gismo]

This is the most retarded regulation I have ever heard of.

All of these big business are anti-competitive and anti-capitalists. They say these regulations help businesses but all they do is creat a HUGE barrier to entry to protect the countries largest corporations.

This is the stuff that really angers and irritates me.

A business being forced to sell to certain parties is total ********. Every business should be able to sell direct if they wish.

The government is requiring a completely unneccessary, inefficient and costly middleman in the most blatantly corrupt way possible. This helps the middle man and the big man, but the little guy is ****** because he can't afford to invest in a politician.

Edited April 22, 2014 by Gismo

[Gismo]

Defense of the status quo. This is nothing more than mercantilism writ small.

Vote the bums out!

And herein lies the problem of the two party system. If you vote for the single opponent that has enough support to possibly win, they're just as corrupt and maybe even worse. It's become impossible to replace bad reps with good ones because the good ones are kept out by the establishment.

[charsibb]

 

Defense of the status quo. This is nothing more than mercantilism writ small.

Vote the bums out!

And herein lies the problem of the two party system. If you vote for the single opponent that has enough support to possibly win, they're just as corrupt and maybe even worse. It's become impossible to replace bad reps with good ones because the good ones are kept out by the establishment.

 

 

Not really. They're kept out by voter apathy. We're averaging, what, 28% turnout?

[Gismo]

Defense of the status quo. This is nothing more than mercantilism writ small.

Vote the bums out!

And herein lies the problem of the two party system. If you vote for the single opponent that has enough support to possibly win, they're just as corrupt and maybe even worse. It's become impossible to replace bad reps with good ones because the good ones are kept out by the establishment.

Not really. They're kept out by voter apathy. We're averaging, what, 28% turnout?

They are kept out by keeping them from having access to money. Campaigns are won and lost by advertising. Few people are in a position to fund their own campaign.

A 3rd party campaign has to battle the establishment and the media and big business who do everything in their power to keep the outsiders out.

The parties are able to make primary votes meaningless because not everyone has access to the primaries and as private organizations, even for those registered woth voting access, the party can change the rules at anytime and just pick the establishment guy.

Edited April 23, 2014 by Gismo

[charsibb]

If the voters cared, the 72% could elect anyone they durned well pleased...

[Gismo]

If the voters cared, the 72% could elect anyone they durned well pleased...

Those 72% are in bliss, why vote?

[Leviathan]

The GOP say they support small businesses but they only care about big businesses that fund their campaigns.

[Gismo]

The GOP say they support small businesses but they only care about big businesses that fund their campaigns.

This is true for both parties. See GE and recent Comcast merger.