~47~President Kamala D. Harris~47~

[MDlaxfan76]

Industry reaction...again, this needs to focus on largest players and on what is already illegal behavior in some states.

https://www.grocerydive.com/news/kamala ... ery%20Dive

The Industry's reaction was interesting:

The NGA, which has led a crusade against what the group says are “unfair and discriminatory tactics” by large food retailers and suppliers that hurt independent grocers, criticized Harris’ proposal.

“The proposal calling for a ban on grocery price gouging is a solution in search of a problem,” NGA President and CEO Greg Ferrara said in a statement.

Laws aren't the issue in the US. Enforcement is.

Kinda reminds me:

I don't recall what happened with the supervisor...?

The NGA may worry that pressure on the bigger retailers will result in even more cost and price pressure on their own members...the big guys have more buying clout and they're also making more money in all the ways grocers really make money, selling "shelf space" and promotions, which is now more and more digitally based.

The smaller chains are getting squeezed hard in the middle by food producers on the one hand and big price competitors on the other.

They've had somewhat of a breather the past couple of years as Covid was a boon to grocery demand over restaurant and the big guys have moved prices way up giving them a bit of a price umbrella...so, they've survived a little while longer. But consolidation is continuing to be a harsh reality for them.

[kramerica.inc]

Agree 100%. I have a good friend who is a product supplier to major groceries, and he has confirmed much of what you said over the past 2+ years.

[a fan]

Industry reaction...again, this needs to focus on largest players and on what is already illegal behavior in some states.

https://www.grocerydive.com/news/kamala ... ery%20Dive

The Industry's reaction was interesting:

The NGA, which has led a crusade against what the group says are “unfair and discriminatory tactics” by large food retailers and suppliers that hurt independent grocers, criticized Harris’ proposal.

“The proposal calling for a ban on grocery price gouging is a solution in search of a problem,” NGA President and CEO Greg Ferrara said in a statement.

Laws aren't the issue in the US. Enforcement is.

Kinda reminds me:

I don't recall what happened with the supervisor...?

The NGA may worry that pressure on the bigger retailers will result in even more cost and price pressure on their own members...the big guys have more buying clout and they're also making more money in all the ways grocers really make money, selling "shelf space" and promotions, which is now more and more digitally based.

The smaller chains are getting squeezed hard in the middle by food producers on the one hand and big price competitors on the other.

They've had somewhat of a breather the past couple of years as Covid was a boon to grocery demand over restaurant and the big guys have moved prices way up giving them a bit of a price umbrella...so, they've survived a little while longer. But consolidation is continuing to be a harsh reality for them.

If people only knew how much payola determines the American marketplace, they'd revolt. And it's all driven by monopolies in the food and beverage world. The Dems are SO bad at messaging about these monopolies and corruption in the marketplace....some things never change.

I can tell you first hand that what's keeping the lights on at your favorite restaurant is payola from Booze Wholesalers. It's gotten REALLY bad.

Zero enforcement. If they enforced those laws? My distillery would be selling ten times what we sell now.

[youthathletics]

The Dems are SO bad at messaging about these monopolies and corruption in the marketplace....some things never change.

[MDlaxfan76]

This will go over well with Swifties

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/politics ... index.html

[3rdPersonPlural]

This will go over well with Swifties

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/politics ... index.html

Well, you can't have a community of 100 Million people and be confident that a proportion of them aren't Fascist. Or Cannibals. or even Trumpies....

[Typical Lax Dad]

This will go over well with Swifties

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/politics ... index.html

Well, you can't have a community of 100 Million people and be confident that a proportion of them aren't Fascist. Or Cannibals. or even Trumpies....

And then there is this guy: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2017/08/ ... nix-rally/

[MDlaxfan76]

This will go over well with Swifties

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/politics ... index.html

Well, you can't have a community of 100 Million people and be confident that a proportion of them aren't Fascist. Or Cannibals. or even Trumpies....

Uh huh

[Kismet]

Did anyone notice the Veep wore a TAN SUIT last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve Kerr invokes Steph Curry - NUIT, NUIT!!!!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/st ... r-AA1p5N6g

[Brooklyn]

tRumpiss hates it when anyone calls him fascist but he loves to use that term on others while also calling them commies - this pic came from his website

[OCanada]

Trump is a political and economic doofus who has had a life long thing w Hitler. He either does not know the meaning of socialist or communist or their belief systems. Or well he could be lying which has been his life long go to. The same voild be said anout his supporterd

[old salt]

Will Pres Kamala retain FTC Chair Lina Khan ? She just notched another big loss.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jud ... -campaign/

Judge Tosses FTC Ban on Noncompete Agreements, Dealing Major Blow to Biden Admin’s Anti-Business Campaign

A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Federal Trade Commission rule banning employers from offering workers contracts meant to prevent them from joining competitors or launching startups, dealing a significant blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to rein in employment practices that progressives view as unfair toward workers.

Texas Judge Ada Brown ruled that the FTC lacks the authority to enact sweeping competition rules like banning noncompete agreements between businesses and employees. A month ago, Brown temporarily blocked the FTC’s noncompete ban from taking effect after a challenge from the pro-business U.S. Chamber of Commerce, tax firm Ryan LLC, and other plaintiffs.

“The Commission’s lack of evidence as to why they chose to impose such a sweeping prohibition—that prohibits entering or enforcing virtually all non-competes—instead of targeting specific, harmful non-competes, renders the Rule arbitrary and capricious,” Brown said.

The FTC’s noncompete ban was set to begin next month after the agency voted to adopt the rule earlier this year. Ryan initiated the lawsuit right after the FTC’s five commissioners voted 3-2 to enact the noncompete ban along partisan lines.

“We are disappointed by Judge Brown’s decision and will keep fighting to stop noncompetes that restrict the economic liberty of hardworking Americans, hamper economic growth, limit innovation, and depress wages,” FTC spokesperson Victoria Graham told The Hill.

“We are seriously considering a potential appeal, and today’s decision does not prevent the FTC from addressing noncompetes through case-by-case enforcement actions,” she added.

When the FTC announced the rule, the commission estimated that it would allow more than 8,000 new businesses to be created annually and drive the creation of tens of thousands of new patents each year.

The noncompete policy is a staple of FTC Chair Lina Khan’s aggressive antitrust agenda against big technology companies and other large corporations. One of the Biden administration’s most controversial appointees, Khan’s many critics have accused her of abusing the FTC’s authority and needlessly meddling with market outcomes.

“This decision is a significant win in the Chamber’s fight against government micromanagement of business decisions. A sweeping prohibition of noncompete agreements by the FTC was an unlawful extension of power that would have put American workers, businesses, and our economy at a competitive disadvantage,” said Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne P. Clark.

Roughly one-in-five Americans, 30 million people, have entered noncompete agreements, the FTC found. Proponents of banning noncompete agreement have attributed the success of Silicon Valley’s tech sector to California’s state-level ban on them.

[Seacoaster(1)]

Not unexpected re the FTC rule against non-competes. There is now a split among several (I think at least three) federal district courts to evaluate the Rule against non-competes. These will likely be appealed by the losing party.

Here is the Texas decision:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap ... 11.0_3.pdf

"In sum, the Court concludes the text and the structure of the FTC Act reveal the FTC lacks substantive rulemaking authority with respect to unfair methods of competition, under Section 6(g). See generally 15 U.S.C. § 46(g); 15 U.S.C. § 57a. Thus, when considering the text, Section 6(g) specifically, the Court concludes the Commission has exceeded its statutory authority in promulgating the Non-Compete Rule. Having determined the FTC exceeded its statutory authority, the Court pretermits further discussion of statutory bases."

[OCanada]

Same old same old. BS

[a fan]

Will Pres Kamala retain FTC Chair Lina Khan ? She just notched another big loss.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jud ... -campaign/

Judge Tosses FTC Ban on Noncompete Agreements, Dealing Major Blow to Biden Admin’s Anti-Business Campaign

A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Federal Trade Commission rule banning employers from offering workers contracts meant to prevent them from joining competitors or launching startups, dealing a significant blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to rein in employment practices that progressives view as unfair toward workers.

Texas Judge Ada Brown ruled that the FTC lacks the authority to enact sweeping competition rules like banning noncompete agreements between businesses and employees. A month ago, Brown temporarily blocked the FTC’s noncompete ban from taking effect after a challenge from the pro-business U.S. Chamber of Commerce, tax firm Ryan LLC, and other plaintiffs.

“The Commission’s lack of evidence as to why they chose to impose such a sweeping prohibition—that prohibits entering or enforcing virtually all non-competes—instead of targeting specific, harmful non-competes, renders the Rule arbitrary and capricious,” Brown said.

The FTC’s noncompete ban was set to begin next month after the agency voted to adopt the rule earlier this year. Ryan initiated the lawsuit right after the FTC’s five commissioners voted 3-2 to enact the noncompete ban along partisan lines.

“We are disappointed by Judge Brown’s decision and will keep fighting to stop noncompetes that restrict the economic liberty of hardworking Americans, hamper economic growth, limit innovation, and depress wages,” FTC spokesperson Victoria Graham told The Hill.

“We are seriously considering a potential appeal, and today’s decision does not prevent the FTC from addressing noncompetes through case-by-case enforcement actions,” she added.

When the FTC announced the rule, the commission estimated that it would allow more than 8,000 new businesses to be created annually and drive the creation of tens of thousands of new patents each year.

The noncompete policy is a staple of FTC Chair Lina Khan’s aggressive antitrust agenda against big technology companies and other large corporations. One of the Biden administration’s most controversial appointees, Khan’s many critics have accused her of abusing the FTC’s authority and needlessly meddling with market outcomes.

“This decision is a significant win in the Chamber’s fight against government micromanagement of business decisions. A sweeping prohibition of noncompete agreements by the FTC was an unlawful extension of power that would have put American workers, businesses, and our economy at a competitive disadvantage,” said Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne P. Clark.

Roughly one-in-five Americans, 30 million people, have entered noncompete agreements, the FTC found. Proponents of banning noncompete agreement have attributed the success of Silicon Valley’s tech sector to California’s state-level ban on them.

More monopolies for you, take a bow, OS, this is you and the way you think writ into a Court decision....I already cited this is the Trump thread which you, naturally, ignored. This is TRUMP policy, not the FTC.

The "loss" was because of your pal Trump, who appointed yet another Judge who chooses Big Biz over the working class.

What's your plan when the libs stop caring about the Working Class, OS? Because you and your fellow TrumpFans are screwing them every chance you get.

[kramerica.inc]

Harris and Walz slogan.... "Strength through Joy"; hmmm, sound familiar? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_Through_Joy

It's a page out of Reagan. That's what sounds familiar. Carter tried the gloom and doom message. Didn't work so well.

So move the goalpost 180 degrees...got it.

'Choose Joy!' Bellows Angry Old Man
Politics
Aug 20, 2024

CHICAGO, IL — Attendees at the Democratic National Convention and potential voters watching on television at home were treated to a special historic moment last night, as an angry old man bellowed at them to vote for a happier, brighter future.

President Joe Biden was dug out from storage and dusted off to make a brief appearance on the DNC stage, where he ranted irately at viewers and attendees to make their choice in November's presidential election based on happiness and positivity.

"CHOOSE JOY!" screamed a red-faced Biden as he repeatedly pounded his fists on the podium. "There is a clear distinction on the ballot between light and darkness, folks! Vote for Kamala Harris and… and you'll be choosing… it's going to make the… it'll be joy. JOY! SO MUCH JOY! GOT IT? You'll vote for Kamala and choose joy, if you know what's good for you. If you don't, then so help me, I'll… we'll have no choice but to… I'll finally beat Medicare. Repeat line."

The crowd of Democrat delegates and supporters showered Biden with applause and adulation as he continued his tirade in the name of joy. "We need to bring this country together by eradicating all these MAGA people!" he yelled. "Donald Trump and all of his… all of the… these folks in the hats. Bad folks. We've got to put targets on all of them if we want to have a future of joy. Let's show Donald Trump that we are the ones with… we have the… electrical power! Harbinzarfingammut!"

At publishing time, Biden had been returned to the convention center's maintenance closet and rewarded with a juice box and a Ziploc bag of goldfish crackers.

https://babylonbee.com/news/choose-joy- ... ry-old-man

[old salt]

Will Pres Kamala retain FTC Chair Lina Khan ? She just notched another big loss.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jud ... -campaign/

Judge Tosses FTC Ban on Noncompete Agreements, Dealing Major Blow to Biden Admin’s Anti-Business Campaign

A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Federal Trade Commission rule banning employers from offering workers contracts meant to prevent them from joining competitors or launching startups, dealing a significant blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to rein in employment practices that progressives view as unfair toward workers.

Texas Judge Ada Brown ruled that the FTC lacks the authority to enact sweeping competition rules like banning noncompete agreements between businesses and employees. A month ago, Brown temporarily blocked the FTC’s noncompete ban from taking effect after a challenge from the pro-business U.S. Chamber of Commerce, tax firm Ryan LLC, and other plaintiffs.

“The Commission’s lack of evidence as to why they chose to impose such a sweeping prohibition—that prohibits entering or enforcing virtually all non-competes—instead of targeting specific, harmful non-competes, renders the Rule arbitrary and capricious,” Brown said.

The FTC’s noncompete ban was set to begin next month after the agency voted to adopt the rule earlier this year. Ryan initiated the lawsuit right after the FTC’s five commissioners voted 3-2 to enact the noncompete ban along partisan lines.

“We are disappointed by Judge Brown’s decision and will keep fighting to stop noncompetes that restrict the economic liberty of hardworking Americans, hamper economic growth, limit innovation, and depress wages,” FTC spokesperson Victoria Graham told The Hill.

“We are seriously considering a potential appeal, and today’s decision does not prevent the FTC from addressing noncompetes through case-by-case enforcement actions,” she added.

When the FTC announced the rule, the commission estimated that it would allow more than 8,000 new businesses to be created annually and drive the creation of tens of thousands of new patents each year.

The noncompete policy is a staple of FTC Chair Lina Khan’s aggressive antitrust agenda against big technology companies and other large corporations. One of the Biden administration’s most controversial appointees, Khan’s many critics have accused her of abusing the FTC’s authority and needlessly meddling with market outcomes.

“This decision is a significant win in the Chamber’s fight against government micromanagement of business decisions. A sweeping prohibition of noncompete agreements by the FTC was an unlawful extension of power that would have put American workers, businesses, and our economy at a competitive disadvantage,” said Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne P. Clark.

Roughly one-in-five Americans, 30 million people, have entered noncompete agreements, the FTC found. Proponents of banning noncompete agreement have attributed the success of Silicon Valley’s tech sector to California’s state-level ban on them.

More monopolies for you, take a bow, OS, this is you and the way you think writ into a Court decision....I already cited this is the Trump thread which you, naturally, ignored. This is TRUMP policy, not the FTC.

The "loss" was because of your pal Trump, who appointed yet another Judge who chooses Big Biz over the working class.

What's your plan when the libs stop caring about the Working Class, OS? Because you and your fellow TrumpFans are screwing them every chance you get.

derp derp derp

[a fan]

Will Pres Kamala retain FTC Chair Lina Khan ? She just notched another big loss.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jud ... -campaign/

Judge Tosses FTC Ban on Noncompete Agreements, Dealing Major Blow to Biden Admin’s Anti-Business Campaign

A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Federal Trade Commission rule banning employers from offering workers contracts meant to prevent them from joining competitors or launching startups, dealing a significant blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to rein in employment practices that progressives view as unfair toward workers.

Texas Judge Ada Brown ruled that the FTC lacks the authority to enact sweeping competition rules like banning noncompete agreements between businesses and employees. A month ago, Brown temporarily blocked the FTC’s noncompete ban from taking effect after a challenge from the pro-business U.S. Chamber of Commerce, tax firm Ryan LLC, and other plaintiffs.

“The Commission’s lack of evidence as to why they chose to impose such a sweeping prohibition—that prohibits entering or enforcing virtually all non-competes—instead of targeting specific, harmful non-competes, renders the Rule arbitrary and capricious,” Brown said.

The FTC’s noncompete ban was set to begin next month after the agency voted to adopt the rule earlier this year. Ryan initiated the lawsuit right after the FTC’s five commissioners voted 3-2 to enact the noncompete ban along partisan lines.

“We are disappointed by Judge Brown’s decision and will keep fighting to stop noncompetes that restrict the economic liberty of hardworking Americans, hamper economic growth, limit innovation, and depress wages,” FTC spokesperson Victoria Graham told The Hill.

“We are seriously considering a potential appeal, and today’s decision does not prevent the FTC from addressing noncompetes through case-by-case enforcement actions,” she added.

When the FTC announced the rule, the commission estimated that it would allow more than 8,000 new businesses to be created annually and drive the creation of tens of thousands of new patents each year.

The noncompete policy is a staple of FTC Chair Lina Khan’s aggressive antitrust agenda against big technology companies and other large corporations. One of the Biden administration’s most controversial appointees, Khan’s many critics have accused her of abusing the FTC’s authority and needlessly meddling with market outcomes.

“This decision is a significant win in the Chamber’s fight against government micromanagement of business decisions. A sweeping prohibition of noncompete agreements by the FTC was an unlawful extension of power that would have put American workers, businesses, and our economy at a competitive disadvantage,” said Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne P. Clark.

Roughly one-in-five Americans, 30 million people, have entered noncompete agreements, the FTC found. Proponents of banning noncompete agreement have attributed the success of Silicon Valley’s tech sector to California’s state-level ban on them.

More monopolies for you, take a bow, OS, this is you and the way you think writ into a Court decision....I already cited this is the Trump thread which you, naturally, ignored. This is TRUMP policy, not the FTC.

The "loss" was because of your pal Trump, who appointed yet another Judge who chooses Big Biz over the working class.

What's your plan when the libs stop caring about the Working Class, OS? Because you and your fellow TrumpFans are screwing them every chance you get.

derp derp derp

You don't care about non-competes because your lifelong-employer, the Navy, never made you sign one. Rules for me, and not for thee......same way you think about everything, OS. Let the working class eat cake. Put me in charge. We'll have noncompetes for all military personnel. Then you'll get it.

Anyone here think that Old Salt is here to discuss ideas?

We get a ruling from a Trump-Judge that screws the working class, and send more money to the liberal elite, and OS cites it because he thinks that the story is about his "DEI Yale Grad doing it wrong".

[old salt]

Will Pres Kamala retain FTC Chair Lina Khan ? She just notched another big loss.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jud ... -campaign/
Judge Tosses FTC Ban on Noncompete Agreements, Dealing Major Blow to Biden Admin’s Anti-Business Campaign

derp derp derp

You don't care about non-competes because your lifelong-employer, the Navy, never made you sign one. Rules for me, and not for thee......same way you think about everything, OS. Let the working class eat cake. Put me in charge. We'll have noncompetes for all military personnel. Then you'll get it.

Anyone here think that Old Salt is here to discuss ideas?

We get a ruling from a Trump-Judge that screws the working class, and send more money to the liberal elite, and OS cites it because he thinks that the story is about his "DEI Yale Grad doing it wrong".

I had to sign a non-compete in my 2nd career. AS usual, you don't know sh!t.

[a fan]

Will Pres Kamala retain FTC Chair Lina Khan ? She just notched another big loss.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jud ... -campaign/
Judge Tosses FTC Ban on Noncompete Agreements, Dealing Major Blow to Biden Admin’s Anti-Business Campaign

derp derp derp

You don't care about non-competes because your lifelong-employer, the Navy, never made you sign one. Rules for me, and not for thee......same way you think about everything, OS. Let the working class eat cake. Put me in charge. We'll have noncompetes for all military personnel. Then you'll get it.

Anyone here think that Old Salt is here to discuss ideas?

We get a ruling from a Trump-Judge that screws the working class, and send more money to the liberal elite, and OS cites it because he thinks that the story is about his "DEI Yale Grad doing it wrong".

I had to sign a non-compete in my 2nd career. AS usual, you don't know sh!t.

But not for your first, that was paid for by taxpayers. How convenient and coincidental.

Put me in charge, I'll do what you're supporting here: slap non competes on all military personnel. Don't let them cash in on their service. That way, they have far less incentive to leave. No more minimum services rendered, then off to fly for United. Or in your case, retire in your mid 40's with a far more lucrative job waiting for you.

All that knowledge you acquired left the building. Non competes would remove your incentive to leave before 65. Let's call Congress, and tell them about this non compete plan you like so much.

Or.....you can stop arguing in praise of things you don't believe in because you think you need to "win" an argument on the internet.