blahpony
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+1 for TaxAct.com.
There needs to be a law akin to the firearm manufacturers' protection law that prohibits a merchant or bank from discriminating against a company based on any lawful business. This needs to stop. Now. Banks and credit card providers shouldn't be able to say "We won't service you" simply because you don't align with their politics. They hold too much power in business nowadays and could easily cause significant harm if enough of them got onboard.
Zumbo time?
There's something called "Restraint of trade", Gossamer. These companies are the gatekeepers to doing business in the modern world. There's a reason why Internet Service Providers aren't allowed to filter traffic or discriminate as long as what you do is legal and not harmful to their network (net neutrality) and, for the same reasons, financial institutions should not be able to discriminate based solely on a lawful type of business. When a company has that kind of power, certain restrictions need to exist.
And yet hundreds of businesses and individuals manage to conduct business without accepting credit cards in gunbroker every day.There's something called "Restraint of trade", Gossamer. These companies are the gatekeepers to doing business in the modern world. There's a reason why Internet Service Providers aren't allowed to filter traffic or discriminate as long as what you do is legal and not harmful to their network (net neutrality) and, for the same reasons, financial institutions should not be able to discriminate based solely on a lawful type of business. When a company has that kind of power, certain restrictions need to exist.
Mr. Lanesey,
I have been a Turbo Tax customer since the early 1990’s and I subscribe to the automatic annual renewal feature provided by your company through your website.
I recently learned that you cancelled the account of a business that is in the firearms industry because of some policy against firearms related transactions. (reference linked thread below)
As a veteran of six years in the United States Navy, I do not support Companies who refuse to support legitimate businesses in the firearms industry. I will be cancelling my automated annual renewal and taking my business elsewhere after this tax season. You are playing politics with the United States Constitution and that is unacceptable. My suggestion is that you reconsider this poorly thought out policy before you lose an even larger number of formerly loyal customers.
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