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California considers state-run bank for pot businesses

THE HILL: “Opening the banking sector for cannabis-based businesses is necessary, but a government-owned and operated bank in California will only invite more problems and prove disastrous for California’s residents and taxpayers,” said Yael Ossowski, deputy director of the Consumer Choice Center.

Watchdog Warns Against California’s Idea For Public Pot Bank

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON: The idea drew an immediate rebuke from a major consumer watchdog group, the Consumer Choice Center, who warned it could lead to scandal and mismanagement.

CA treasurer and attorney general move on plan to create public bank for pot businesses

THE SACRAMENTO BEE: “For a state that is already plagued with so many economic problems, despite its recent budget surplus, the idea of the state running its own bank should worry every person in California,” said Yaël Ossowski, the Deputy Director for the Consumer Choice Center in Washington, D.C.

Jeff Stier to FDA: Give IQOS a chance

MED PAGE TODAY: Jeff Stier of the advocacy group Consumer Choice Center told the panel that despite the limitations and uncertainties in the data presented by PMI, the studies all suggest that the product is safer than cigarettes.

Les taxes sur les sacs en plastique sont inutiles et même nuisibles

LA CHRONIQUE AGORA: Depuis le Brexit, les Etats membres ont été invités à augmenter leurs contributions au budget de Bruxelles, pour combler la différence. D’où une nouvelle taxe.

Net Neutrality Repeal Reactions: Hollywood, Politicians & Others Vent Their Anger; A Few Heap Their Praise

YAHOO NEWS: The vote is in: The FCC has repealed the Obama-era net neutrality rules, which Republican Chairman Ajit Pai prefers we call his “Restore Internet Freedom Order.”

Net Neutrality: An Important Freedom for Marketers

DMN: The FCC’s vote on net neutrality yesterday was, in its own way, a very important vote. And the Commission, avowedly an independent agency overseen by Congress, split on party lines.

Consumer Choice Center praises reclassification of the Internet and repeal of FCC’s net neutrality regulations

December 14, 2017 Consumer Choice Center Consumer Choice Center praises reclassification of the Internet and repeal of FCC’s net neutrality regulations Washington, D.C. – Today the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to repeal the 2015 Title II classification for the Internet, also known as ‘Net Neutrality’ regulations. From now on, the Internet will be subject […]

German pharmacy sector labelled ‘rent-seeking cartel’

AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACIES: A consumer choice advocate has strongly criticised the country’s pharmacy sector as “protectionist and backward” due to ownership and other regulations which restrict competition.

The Internet didn’t need net neutrality in 2015, and it doesn’t now

WASHINGTON EXAMINER: When FCC chairman Ajit Pai submits his proposal to do away with the 2015 regulations on Dec. 14, it won’t be the end of the world. It will be the end of using a Depression-era law to regulate the most innovative invention of the last century.

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