Directive 10-289 for Indie Businesses
What is this real-life version of Directive 10-289, you ask? It has the very Orwellian tag of the "FDA Globalization Act of 2008."In a nutshell, this shining socialistic example of government interference would force all cosmetic/personal care businesses to pay the federal government an annual $2,000 "registration fee" -- for which neither the business owner nor consumer derive any benefit -- in addition to the accompanying bureaucratic time-suck of extra paperwork to fill out every year.
It's a truly shameless, anti-free trade stance taken by certain Congressional representatives -- who, by the way, receive large campaign donations from some of these same mega-companies -- to protect the interests of their corporate sponsors.
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Obviously I agree that the "FDA Globalization Act of 2008" is absurd and irrational. No arguments there. But from memory, 10-289 limited people to owning one company and possibly forced them to stay in it (I can't remember if that came later, which is surprising because Atlas Shrugged is my favorite book of all time.).
Not quite the same thing, but definitely just one more step toward crippling the engine of civilization.
Posted by: Andrew Brown on August 27, 2008 12:22 AM