False Claims

       I have a couple decades of experience with franchising both on the franchisor side and as a franchisee.  Franchising is highly regulated, and the franchisor is prohibited from making earnigs claims of any kind except for Item 19 in the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular or UFOC.

      Anything that can be interpreted as an earnings claim outside of Item 19 in the UFOC is subject to both state and federal penalties, and civil actions.  I recently looked at a new franchise’s web site.  The site said, on average, a 100% Return-On-Investment was achieved in XX months.  This was definitly an earnings claim and illegal.  Learn more about franchising and UFOCs in Business Fits.   

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     Any business that makes false advertising claims is subject to civil actions and sometimes criminal charges.  Why do we not hold out government bureaucrats and politicians to the same standard?  We expect and accept politicians lying, and worse yet, these lies are believed.  Public servants should be held to a higher standard.

       The media and advertisers should be held liable for political false statements just like any other business.   This false advertising is more damaging to the general population than any false product or service advertising. 

      Super PACs seem to have no responsibility or liability to anyone including the political candidate they are supporting.  PAC is an acronym for Political Action Committee. I find it disgusting when a political candidate claims to have no control over the Super PAC.

     Political ads directed at the youth vote are some of the worst. They are so slanted and untrue that I find them offensive to my intelligence.  However, these false ads must be effective or money would not be spent on them.  IF these blatant lies are effective, what does it say about the political intelligence of our youth?

           Why do we accept that politicians lie?  They should be liable for their lies just like any business.  If they make the lies in Congress, I think they should also be charged with perjury.  Any statement in Congress should be considered to be under oath.

        There is one candidate, and only one, that agrees with everything I have just said.  If you agree with what I have said, I am sure you are voting for that person.  If you don’t know who it is, do some research.

       I hear people say that a Presidential candidate must be able to unify the party.  This is true for both Democrats and Republicans.  Personally, I could care less about uniting either party.  We have too much partisan division now.  I want a Presidential candidate that will unite the country including independents and people that have not been involved in politics before.

       Dr. Ben Carson and others have expressed an opinion that the Republican establishment would rather have Hillary Clinton win than Donald Trump because Clinton would preserve big government and Washington power.  This is scary considering they would be giving up their conservative principles and the Supreme Court for a generation.