
	JUST the FACTS How and Why are Non‐Financial Businesses Still Regulated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Off Wall Street, Worries About Financial Bill (27 Apr 2010) NY Times – “legislation so loosely drawn that it may inadvertently cover a variety of companies that... New consumer bureau would hurt Main Street (26 Apr 2010) Tom Donohue in The Hill – …reform legislation must be bipartisan and protect consumers, job growth and... American Voters Want Consumer Protection Without Hurting Jobs and Main Street (20 Apr 2010) U.S. Chamber – Six State Polls Show Unease With Consumer Financial Protection Agency. The polls, conducted... CFPA: Adding to Conflict and Inconsistencies Rather than maintaining uniform national consumer protection standards so that everyone in the country is afforded the same...
How will a big, new, expensive government bureaucracy like the CFPA affect small business?

Stop the CFPA

Stop the CFPA “You guys are regulating us out of business. I am a small business owner–but my business may shut down due to the COST of complying with government regulations. Alex, my 1 full-time employee, and Kathy, Amanda, Sandy, Hannah, Caleb, & Stephanie, my 6 part-time employees, may lose their jobs.” — Ben

“I am a small business owner, and it seems like these days, government doesn’t like us.” — Tim Byers

“While I agree that we need to strengthen consumer protection laws, I am concerned this bill will have significant unintended consequences that will harm consumers, rather than protect them. It is all ready difficult to run my business, which has twelve employees. With new restrictions that would further decrease the options for people to do business or pay for services; I can only see more of the same spiral that we are in. I know that my business might not seem like a big problem, but I am not alone. I am like the regular Joe American. I am like what makes up America.” — Greg Welch