New FTC Regulation
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I agree with Will, I doubt this will get passed. Not b/c affiliate marketers will hire lobbyists, mind you, but because big corporate America will. This will effect everyone from pharmaceutical companies (are we going to start being honest that antidepressants make people fat? and that birth control kills women's libido?) to Airlines (are you really as on time as you say you are?) to, most especially, the gaming industry- unless the law is so very, very narrowly constructed that it would be useless anyway.
In the unlikely event that it did pass, was enforceable, and wasn't riddled with loopholes big enough for Enron to squeeze through again- I assure you that there are plenty more sheeple where we came from.
Offshore.
How hard is that?
In the unlikely event that it did pass, was enforceable, and wasn't riddled with loopholes big enough for Enron to squeeze through again- I assure you that there are plenty more sheeple where we came from.
Offshore.
How hard is that?
There's many regulatory actions I don't support, because it obviously makes our job easier. But I'm at least willing to admit that for the most part they do protect the customer. In this case however, even the most backwards person doesn't take those claims as absolute facts that apply to anyone using the products. The FTC is trying to fix a non-existent problem.
Not that I believe this will pass as intended.
Not that I believe this will pass as intended.
I don't remember the exact figures(read them a bit ago) so these are all ballpark.
Essentially they found that 35-55% of people, after reading "I made $2,200 extra dollars this month" thought that around 50% would have comparable results.
Unfortunately their fucking sample was majority senior citizens.
Scoreeeeeee
If they do this, then they need to enforce this same law on RELIGION too.
You know, with their invisible product and false promises and all...
Accept Jesus and "you WILL be saved"...
You know, with their invisible product and false promises and all...
Accept Jesus and "you WILL be saved"...
Oh the green prosperity handkerchief.
[ame=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7401240089375932939&hl=en]YouTube - Don Stewart green prayer cloth[/ame]
"God has chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. Yes, to some people this would be very foolish to have a green prayer cloth to use as a touch point for healing. But this is the way god has chosen to do it. It's based on the word of God"
I'm pretty out of it right now, but is this an attempt of a joke, you trying to prove/invalidate a/my point, or an actual study done?
Easy, merchants will just apply for religious status. 1 rule for a flat stomach: obey your personal lord and savior, acai.
No, this is a real study. (And I'm not trying to invalidate your point, just point out how biased these studies were)I'm pretty out of it right now, but is this an attempt of a joke, you trying to prove/invalidate a/my point, or an actual study done?
God I wish I was kidding.
from http://www.ftc.gov/os/comments/endorsementguides/527492-00020.pdf
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