Taxpayer Harm
-
My Comment on the Franchise Rule
On January 23rd, 2020, I discovered that my comment on the FTC’s Franchise Rule had finally been published. As of January 15th, before the change from the Trump administration to…
-
SBA Harms Veterans by Bailing out the Banks
Employers are not hiring veterans. According to military.com, employers are concerned about veteran skills translation, skill mismatch, future deployments and veteran acclimation. Many also hold negative stereotypes, believing veterans are…
-
SBA Now Faults Lenders and May Not Pay Franchise Loan Guarantees in the Future
On August 15, 2018, the SBA Office of the Inspector General drew a conclusion that could damn the franchise industry. That conclusion reads: The conclusion comes at the end of…
-
The SBA isn’t Enforcing Rules that Would Prevent Franchise Fraud
Believe it or not, the Small Business Administration’s Standard Operating Procedures already have rules in place that would prevent much of the mass franchise fraud that is harming taxpayers. But…
-
The International Franchise Association is Lobbying Against Transparency that would Protect Taxpayers
Senator Cortez Masto’s proposed SBA Transparency Act of 2019 is necessary because of the long history of fraud in franchising. Her one-pager begins with a list of franchise owner associations…
