Fairness Aside

It used to be that the salesman had to come to your home, get in your face and convince you to buy whatever they were selling.

Sure there were commercials on TV, but not many because not everybody had a TV of those not a lot of people watched him a lot of TV.

Sales continue to mutate. They called it helpful, and sometimes it was! The salesperson would make an offer, you would disagree or agree. Then the amount of your purchase would change or not. And you'd go on your way. 

Go to the office store and buy a pair of paper, now they want you to buy a pen or pencil or a pen and pencil set or a box of pens or more paper, Etc. Again, sometimes helpful, sometimes not.

This trend was also active in the fast food business. Everybody whoever ordered something has heard server say "do you want fries with that" or "would ya like cheese? Its only a dime!"

And then there was coupons. Boy! I don't even want to talk about coupons.

Let's not forget about gym memberships. Some fast talking salesperson would have you sign up. "You'll do great, I can see you've got great bones but just in case, you can CANCEL ANY TIME! Just call this 800 number." Half of the times the 800 number never existed, got changed or disconnected after 2 months or you lost the swatch of paper that had the number on it. Consequently, you're stuck with another month or year depending on the gym membership.

But NOW they get their HOOKS into ya! I think they called it the free trial that morphs into a paid membership that morphs into you forgot you had your paid membership and your account is dead...except for that ALL IMPORTANT FEE they get that you FORGOT ABOUT. It becomes another ubiquitous bill you don't even know is there or think about any longer. THEY KNOW you haven't ordered anything from your account in 2 years! Generally, they don't even send you a notice telling you they're going to make another deduction from your checking account.

There are a lot of holes in the laws defending American citizens against this kind of larceny. And our congress KNOWS about it! 

 

How can the government be $3 trillion in debit?

December 01, 2017 - 06:42 PM EST
Benghazi panel used $150K in taxpayer money to settle wrongful termination lawsuit
BY MAX GREENWOOD for TheHill.com
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the former chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, used $150,000 of taxpayer money to settle a wrongful dismissal suit from a former staffer, according to a report Friday.
The Washington Post reported that the former aide claimed he was fired, in part, because he refused to focus his investigative work for the committee on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The settlement appeared on a list of settlements released by the Office of Compliance (OOC) on Friday. The list disclosed that the OOC oversaw the $150,000 settlement to a claim of veteran status discrimination and retaliation.
The former aide, Bradley Podliska, alleged that he was fired because of his refusal to focus on Clinton and because he took leave to fulfil his duties as an Air Force reservist.
That Gowdy and the committee had settled Podliska's lawsuit in December 2016 was previously known. The amount of that settlement was not previously disclosed.
Podliska's attorney, Peter Romer-Friedman, told the Post that he could not discuss the details of the settlement. But he said he was not aware of any other veterans status discrimination and retaliation cases brought in the past five years.
“I can confirm that my client is one person who brought a veterans status discrimination and retaliation suit against Congress and that the case settled on terms that were satisfactory to my client,” he said.
Amanda Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for Gowdy, told the Post that the congressman never met or communicated with Podliska and referred the newspaper to the House Employment Counsel, the office representing members of Congress.
The House Select Committee on Benghazi closed last year after issuing its final report. Gowdy now serves as the chairman of the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Thanks to Mr. Max Greenwood and TheHill.com

Lets talk about "Congress"

Webster says : the chief lawmaking body of a republic that in the United States is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

For our purposes, we'll have State and Federal Congresses. They do different functions but administratively we can treat them the same.