Operation Choke Point. Do you support it?

[OriginalShroom]

Operation Choke Point was started by the DOJ to go after pay day loan companies that are nothing more than somewhat legal loan sharks.

Then Obama and Holder got the idea to extend it to other groups.

They got the FDIC to list the following businesses as being associated with high-risk activity and to punish banks for dealing with them.

##Ammunition Sales
##Cable Box De-scramblers
##Coin Dealers
##Credit Card Schemes
##Credit Repair Services
##Dating Services
##Debt Consolidation Scams
##Drug Paraphernalia
##Escort Services
##Firearms Sales
##Fireworks Sales
##Get Rich Products
##Government Grants
##Home-Based Charities
##Life-Time Guarantees
##Life-Time Memberships
##Lottery Sales
##Mailing Lists/Personal Info
##Money Transfer Networks
##On-line Gambling
##Payday Loans
##Pharmaceutical Sales
##Ponzi Schemes
##Pornography
##Pyramid-Type Sales
##Racist Materials
##Surveillance Equipment
##Telemarketing
##Tobacco Sales
##Travel Clubs


Now these are all groups that the Left finds offensive in general.. Suppose the next Republican President, with a Republican AG, tells the FDIC to tell banks that some of those groups are no longer "high risk" and are OK to do business with, but other groups are now to be added to the list...

Abortion Centers
Abortion Counseling
Abortion Planning
Environmental Groups
Immigration Support Groups
Illegal Immigrant Aid Groups
Race Based groups


Would you continue to support the Government using the Banking Industry to push their political Agenda?

 

[g5000]

Link?

I see "Government Grants" on your list.

 

[hazlnut]

Please be specific… what is the Punishment to banks who deal with these businesses?


And could you cite examples of banks that have already been punished?

 

[Kosh]

Rand Paul Protects Guns, Ammo From Obama's Operation Choke Point

...snip...

Specifically, Paul’s amendment would prohibit:

(1) any action by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to classify the sale or manufacture of a firearm or ammunition as an activity involving risk; or

(2) any action by the Department of Justice to discourage the provision or continuation of credit or the processing of payments by any financial institution to a manufacturer, dealer, or importer of firearms or ammunition, based on the fact that the business is a manufacturer, dealer, or importer of firearms or ammunition.

Rand Paul Protects Guns, Ammo From Obama's Operation Choke Point

 

[KNB]

What?!? The Left finds pornography offensive?

So... what does that mean? By comparison, do right-wing Conservative Christians love pornography?

Also, "government grants." The Right loves government grants since the Left finds them so offensive. Government grants such as those to Solyndra, right?

And, I'm sorry but what the fuck is wrong with you? "Drug paraphernalia"? The Left finds drug paraphernalia offensive? You didn't even try to think about this, did you?

 

[g5000]

Operation Choke Point - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ah. I see now.

Not all storefront operations who claim to help you settle your credit card debt, for example, are legitimate. So the government goes after the one that are ripoff schemes.

There are also ripoff artists who claim to help you get a government grant or a job or ammo or whatever. They charge an upfront fee, and then you never hear from them again.

We've all seen them.

 

[Kosh]

What?!? The Left finds pornography offensive?

So... what does that mean? By comparison, do right-wing Conservative Christians love pornography?

Also, "government grants." The Right loves government grants since the Left finds them so offensive. Government grants such as those to Solyndra, right?

And, I'm sorry but what the fuck is wrong with you? "Drug paraphernalia"? The Left finds drug paraphernalia offensive? You didn't even try to think about this, did you?

Another boring propaganda post from the racist far left Obama drones.

 

[KNB]

What?!? The Left finds pornography offensive?

So... what does that mean? By comparison, do right-wing Conservative Christians love pornography?

Also, "government grants." The Right loves government grants since the Left finds them so offensive. Government grants such as those to Solyndra, right?

And, I'm sorry but what the fuck is wrong with you? "Drug paraphernalia"? The Left finds drug paraphernalia offensive? You didn't even try to think about this, did you?

Another boring propaganda post from the racist far left Obama drones.

Hey, good rebuttal, you fucking moron.

Go to college.

 

[Kosh]

What?!? The Left finds pornography offensive?

So... what does that mean? By comparison, do right-wing Conservative Christians love pornography?

Also, "government grants." The Right loves government grants since the Left finds them so offensive. Government grants such as those to Solyndra, right?

And, I'm sorry but what the fuck is wrong with you? "Drug paraphernalia"? The Left finds drug paraphernalia offensive? You didn't even try to think about this, did you?

Another boring propaganda post from the racist far left Obama drones.

Hey, good rebuttal, you fucking moron.

Go to college.

Even more boring post from the racist far left Obama drone.

 

[OriginalShroom]

Operation Choke Point - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ah. I see now.

Not all storefront operations who claim to help you settle your credit card debt, for example, are legitimate. So the government goes after the one that are ripoff schemes.

There are also ripoff artists who claim to help you get a government grant or a job or ammo or whatever. They charge an upfront fee, and then you never hear from them again.

We've all seen them.

So do you agree that Gun shops and Ammo sales should be treated the same as porno and payday loan groups?

 

[Clementine]

Operation Choke Point goes way further than investigating shady businesses. Seems it's anyone the libs don't like. Banks that loan to certain businesses who sell tobacco or guns are likely going to be targeted for a federal investigation. They are trying to scare off banks from granting loans to businesses they don't like. That way they will prevent businesses from being created and hurt the ones already in business. They took a valid law and stretched it to fit their purposes. Nothing new there.

There are already laws for dealing with dishonest businesses. Operation Choke Point is a whole new game where they target businesses that are perfectly legal, but that they don't like. Gun control laws aren't popular, so they'll go after the banks who loan to people who sell guns. Cut them off at the knees. It's just a sneaky way of ruining people that disagree with their views.

Change you can believe in.

It's hardly a huge news flash that Democrats don't like business. Oh sure, they'll put up with you if you're union-friendly, or if you give money to Democrat candidates, or if you underwrite left-wing foundations. But that whole provide-a-product-or-service-and-make-a-profit thing? Not their bag. And when you add in the decidedly un-left-wing missions of certain types of businesses, it's no surprise that the faculty lounges, the non-profit offices and - of course - the Oval Office would be filled with talk about how to rid the world of such wretchedness.

But you know what? You run for president so you can amass power to use for your own purposes. Ask anyone. And even though there is no law that allows the administration to go after businesses just because they don't like them, the Obama Administration is nothing if not creative at coming up with administrative/legal strategies to get the outcomes they want.

So it's with all this in mind that we now learn of Operation Choke Point, an Eric Holder special that expands the scope of anti-fraud laws to go after perfectly legal and legitimate businesses - such as gun dealers and tobacco vendors - just because liberals don't like them. In a nutshell, the DOJ tells banks that if they lend to certain kinds of businesses, that decision will put them in line for the threat of a federal investigation.

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