• rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    I think our parent’s generation (or maybe their parents’?) would have said something like “There ought to be a law!” but we don’t say that because we don’t expect anyone in office will ever help us. Hm.

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      6 months ago

      This seems entirely opposite to my observation. I’d say Biden and his administration are unusually focused on unfair or annoying business practices. In just the past two weeks the Biden administration:

      • Set clear rules requiring cash refunds for flight delays
      • Banned non-compete clauses
      • Set new rules on “junk fees” for credit cards
      • Increased the minimum salary for overtime exemption
      • Expanded fiduciary duty to retirement “advisors”
      • Announced a lawsuit against Live Nation (TicketMaster)
      • Re-instated net neutrality
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        6 months ago

        Oh man, don’t stop, what about two weeks prior to that? And two weeks before that? I bet we must be living in a consumer utopia with the pace of the last two weeks, surely applied to the last 3 years, right? right?

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          6 months ago

          Yeah, things have actually gotten quite a bit better over the past 3 years. Much of that was due to the abysmal performance of his predecessor, so even a “just ok” job would have looked like a masterwork.

          That said, Biden’s def hitting his stride lately 😄

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          6 months ago

          Oh man, don’t stop

          You got it! Here’s some other consumer protections the administration has introduced recently:

          • Direct filing with the IRS
          • Price limits on asthma inhalers and insulin for seniors
          • Requiring ISPs to provide consistent up-front information and pricing
          • Restrictions on college junk fees and disallowing witholding of transcripts

          Hungry for more? Check this out:

          White House Statement on Junk Fees

          That’s from October, so some of it overlaps, but among other stuff there’s still a “Click to Cancel” rule working its way through the FTC.

          Sadly Biden has been spending a bunch of time on lame crap like climate change, human rights, health care, infrastructure, election integrity, etc., so it might take a bit longer for him to single-handedly usher in consumer utopia.

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            6 months ago

            Great. That covers what, 1 month of his administration? Keep going, unless you’re cherrypicking this incredibly active recent two weeks. This list should be enormous.