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What is Operation Choke Point?
Jul 19, 2014 16:39:17   #
oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)
 
Now I know that few progressives among us will believe this but Chairman Issa wants very much to shut that operation down because it is picking winners and losers and causing lending institutions to not lend money to certain kinds of borrowers. Yep, someone in the Obama administration thought in early 2013 that Choke Point would work pretty well to determine which businesses would be losers.

http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/15/lawmakers-throw-light-secretive-operation-choke-point/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_term=headline&utm_content=1400719&utm_campaign=saturday

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Jul 19, 2014 16:46:18   #
emarine
 
oldroy wrote:
Now I know that few progressives among us will believe this but Chairman Issa wants very much to shut that operation down because it is picking winners and losers and causing lending institutions to not lend money to certain kinds of borrowers. Yep, someone in the Obama administration thought in early 2013 that Choke Point would work pretty well to determine which businesses would be losers.

http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/15/lawmakers-throw-light-secretive-operation-choke-point/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_term=headline&utm_content=1400719&utm_campaign=saturday
Now I know that few progressives among us will bel... (show quote)


Interesting read old fella... we will see where it go's.. :thumbup:

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Jul 19, 2014 17:43:34   #
oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)
 
emarine wrote:
Interesting read old fella... we will see where it go's.. :thumbup:


I introduced Operation Choke Point a few days ago and nobody said anything or tried to find out what it is. I doubt this one will go any further but Issa getting involved with the committee that also has Gowdy and Chaffetz on it means some will come out.

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Jul 20, 2014 18:30:16   #
docwill
 
oldroy wrote:
Now I know that few progressives among us will believe this but Chairman Issa wants very much to shut that operation down because it is picking winners and losers and causing lending institutions to not lend money to certain kinds of borrowers. Yep, someone in the Obama administration thought in early 2013 that Choke Point would work pretty well to determine which businesses would be losers.

http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/15/lawmakers-throw-light-secretive-operation-choke-point/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_term=headline&utm_content=1400719&utm_campaign=saturday
Now I know that few progressives among us will bel... (show quote)


It's primarily aimed at the firearms industry (tobacco is too well-connected, too rich, too big, too diversified and too international for the Feds to get much leverage plus the states need all that tax and lawsuit money). The gov't is "choking" the industry by scaring the banks (FDIC audits, "RICO," should a customer run afoul and simple bureaucratic harassment) which then refuse to service the industry with credit sales, commercial loans and even just basic banking services. The Fed's have served warrants for customer lists and, ignoring a prior restraining-order, performed a fully-armored SWAT-raid taking not just mailing lists but computers and (apparently) inventory (sorry, can't multitask this handheld).

Closing that lead-smelter and buying 1.5B rounds are likely a part of it as well. This, unfortunately, is not tinfoil-hat conspiracy talk. Increasing financial burdens on producers, distributors and customers plus complicating ownership and t***sactions (yearly licensing plus fees) can be effected 'administratively' and beneath the radar and achieves, "through other means," close enough to an outright ban.

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Jul 21, 2014 00:17:35   #
oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)
 
docwill wrote:
It's primarily aimed at the firearms industry (tobacco is too well-connected, too rich, too big, too diversified and too international for the Feds to get much leverage plus the states need all that tax and lawsuit money). The gov't is "choking" the industry by scaring the banks (FDIC audits, "RICO," should a customer run afoul and simple bureaucratic harassment) which then refuse to service the industry with credit sales, commercial loans and even just basic banking services. The Fed's have served warrants for customer lists and, ignoring a prior restraining-order, performed a fully-armored SWAT-raid taking not just mailing lists but computers and (apparently) inventory (sorry, can't multitask this handheld).

Closing that lead-smelter and buying 1.5B rounds are likely a part of it as well. This, unfortunately, is not tinfoil-hat conspiracy talk. Increasing financial burdens on producers, distributors and customers plus complicating ownership and t***sactions (yearly licensing plus fees) can be effected 'administratively' and beneath the radar and achieves, "through other means," close enough to an outright ban.
It's primarily aimed at the firearms industry (tob... (show quote)


All you say is so true that most left leaners won't be able to lean on any of it so they just won't try, I am sure.

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