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Item 20 will mean our troops can be cheated in investing

Submitted by Guest on Mon, 2007/07/02 - 11:04.

The current status of Item 20 that hides the failure rate of the franchised business plans in the transfer columns, together with the new Patriot Express Pilot Loan program, will be a disservice to veterans who will not know the true and actual risk of the investment in the frnchises on the SBA Registry.

Please go to Political Activism under Blue Mau Mau to read more about Item 20 and the coverup of the franchise failure rate of franchises.

Item 20 By: Mr. Blue MauMau (243 replies) Mon, 2007/07/02 - 10:55

Item 20 will mean our troops can be cheated in investing By: (2007-07-02 11:04)
Working as a Zee employee before you buy or when you train By: (2007-07-09 20:29)
Item 20 Rhetoric Misleading By: (2007-07-22 11:21)
Coincidence and Item 20 of the UFOC By: (2007-08-06 16:39)
When TiF starts to tell the truth By: (2007-08-31 10:34)
The wisdom of Solomon ---Proliferation of Pain By: (2007-09-04 08:26)
Sub Prime Problems could spread to Franchising ??? By: (2007-09-20 10:15)
There is no deal, no conspiracy on Item 20 with the FTC/IFA By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 09:51)
No discussion of Item 20 ---The immoral Red Herring By: (2007-09-19 11:45)
The missing data is obscured in the Item 20 columns By: (2007-09-18 14:49)
Item 20 is a DEAL between FTC and IFA By: (2007-09-24 08:25)
I am the Item 20 Ranter here is what I believe By: (2007-10-19 17:29)
Arbitrator has absolute power under FAA Rules By: (2007-11-01 18:39)
Problematic issues By: RichardSolomon (2007-11-01 15:08)
AAFD Seal for Franchisees with High Failure Rates By: (2007-09-18 12:39)
FranData Snapshots confirm DEAL FTC and IFA By: (2007-10-31 08:59)
Let's have some coffee... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-11-01 05:55)
Oh Item 20 Ranter great defender of franchisees what say you... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-10-31 16:16)
Problematic for whom? -- Arbitration and Litigation By: (2007-11-01 16:37)
Arbitration and Litigation both Stacked against Franchisee By: (2007-11-01 14:53)
JD facts do not matter to the Item 20 Ranter By: Truth in Franchising (2007-11-01 12:32)
Fecal fans fund franchise folly By: Paul Steinberg (2008-01-30 15:10)
I agree ---but the Risk is never disclosed --- By: (2008-02-21 09:40)
Did a Franchise Exist in My Area Before Me? By: Don Sniegowski (2008-04-01 09:59)
- And yet, By: jd (2007-07-02 11:12)
- Still Hiding Flawed Business Plans in the UFOC's THE LIE By: (2007-07-02 11:18)
- SBA Patriot Express Loan ----- Will this be a license to steal By: (2007-07-02 16:52)
- Due Diligence By: franchiseinsider (2007-08-07 09:53)
- Item 20 and FranData Snapshot Reports ---Coincidence? By: (2007-08-07 08:30)
- Shut up you guys By: (2007-09-01 02:21)
- Enquiring minds want you to answer O'Prolific Item 20 Poster By: (2007-09-04 08:33)
- Dirty Pool ---Dirty Posting by Pretender By: (2007-10-19 17:57)
- Item 20 Ranter you gotta be tired! By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-20 10:21)
- Does AAFD Lobby the Congress By: (2007-09-20 12:15)
- Hey Item 20 Ranter Name 5 Good Franchise Concepts By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-20 10:22)
- Re: I am the Item 20 Ranter here is what I believe By: (2007-10-19 21:02)
- Little Brown Man By: (2007-11-02 04:12)
- The Lie of the UFOC ----Item 20 By: (2007-09-24 10:45)
- Correction: AAFD Seal for Franchisors with High Failure Rates By: (2007-09-18 12:54)
- Frivolous Cases By: RichardSolomon (2007-11-01 06:15)
- Most of these disputes can be resolved in Small Claims Court? By: (2007-10-31 17:16)
- Postings Can Be Stopped By: Mr. Blue MauMau (2007-11-01 17:45)
- Necessary Evil: Use your Words By: (2007-11-01 20:00)
- Item 20 Ranter you are a heckler By: Truth in Franchising (2007-11-01 19:10)
- Re: Problamatic issues By: jd (2007-11-01 15:50)
- Item 20 Item 20 Item 20 Item 20-- And did I mention Item 20? By: Paul Steinberg (2007-10-31 09:06)
- The SBA is a patsy for bozo loans By: RichardSolomon (2008-01-30 17:20)
- I Agree! By: Do Diligence (2008-02-21 11:13)
- New Disclosure Table in 2008 By: Don Sniegowski (2008-04-01 10:08)
  - JD ---Our business didn't fail for the Franchisor By: (2007-07-02 14:02)
  - Why did Congress give business opportunity plans to the FTC By: (2007-07-02 11:25)
  - Gee, I don't know? Ask me again in 10 minutes... By: (2007-07-02 17:15)
  - The Lie of the UFOC Item 20 ---Patriot Express Loan SBA By: (2007-07-02 17:18)
  - Yes I think it is a license to steal? By: (2007-07-02 17:21)
  - Thank you MO Man, Item 20 Poster is unlikely to answer By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-04 08:40)
  - Sorry it is not obvious that there is or was IFA/FTC collusion By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 11:06)
  - Truth? By: (2007-09-24 11:31)
  - Item 20 Ranter cam't name even 5 good franchise concepts! By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-20 10:34)
  - Moved By: (2007-10-19 18:20)
  - Item 20 Ranter you have no basis for your reply By: Truth in Franchising (2007-10-31 18:07)
  - To Guest -30- Refuge of a Lazy Mind By: Truth in Franchising (2007-11-02 10:12)
  - 5 franchises that you would recommend By: (2007-09-20 12:58)
  - Let me get this right By: Bubba Sparky (2007-09-20 12:38)
  - The conspiracy is a well known fact that everyone knows... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-20 12:22)
  - Does Ahmadinejad control the IFA? By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-20 12:31)
  - Fran Data pushes franchising with Data and Snapshots By: (2007-09-20 12:35)
  - Frivolous lawsuit data By: Paul Steinberg (2007-11-05 08:10)
  - Data? By: JimB (2007-09-18 13:35)
  - I am also in agreement By: Bubba Sparky (2007-11-01 16:19)
  - Paul By: Bubba Sparky (2007-10-31 10:57)
  - If "you" is used collectively By: (2007-10-31 09:44)
  - Taxpayer Patsy By: michael webster (2008-01-30 18:44)
  - FDD is the norm for some franchises today! By: (2008-04-01 10:32)
    - Re: FDD is the norm for some franchises today! By: (2008-04-11 13:50)
    - As I've stated before... By: jd (2007-07-02 14:09)
    - Where have all of the Attorney Generals gone? By: (2007-07-02 11:26)
    - Dressing the truth up to look like a whore! By: (2007-07-02 17:26)
    - you didn't wait even 10 minutes... By: (2007-07-02 17:26)
    - Prolific Item 20 Poster can't answer Truth's question. By: (2007-09-04 10:58)
    - Data UFOC ---No Past Performance Data Provided ---Why? By: (2007-09-19 08:13)
    - Achmedinejerk and the Great Conspiracy By: RichardSolomon (2007-09-20 13:28)
    - I think it's your time to tell us 5 franchise concepts... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-20 13:30)
    - Conspiracy is Well Known Fact to IFA-FTC Legal and all Insiders By: (2007-09-20 15:05)
    - Beaten That Horse to Death By: Bob Frankman (2007-09-20 10:46)
    - Item 20 Comment Moved By: (2007-09-18 14:49)
    - Of course, collusion is never obvious --the BIG Lie ---The Rule By: (2007-09-24 11:56)
    - Reality is INDEPENDENT of Proof (or lack of) By: (2007-09-24 11:54)
    - Always! Bubba! You miss the point! By: (2007-09-20 13:02)
    - C'mon Jim! By: Bubba Sparky (2007-09-18 13:48)
    - Staying on the Author's Topic By: Mr. Blue MauMau (2007-10-31 12:29)
    - Solomon, JD and Bubba I am with you... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-11-01 18:16)
    - Item 20 Ranter talks out his poop shoot! By: Truth in Franchising (2008-01-30 13:37)
      - Franchisor be damned before I give them my private info By: (2007-07-02 14:13)
      - ARE YOU KIDDING? By: RichardSolomon (2007-07-02 11:30)
      - Truth is, well the truth... By: (2007-07-02 17:28)
      - Truth about whores is well... By: (2007-07-02 17:43)
      - Gee Whiz Item 20 Ranter I wasn't serious there is no conspiracy! By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-20 15:44)
      - You name five By: (2007-09-20 14:35)
      - Shiraz Sanction...A Persian Conspriacy By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-20 13:32)
      - Reliable Information By: jd (2007-09-19 10:35)
      - Item 20 Ranter Rides a Dead Horse... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-20 12:04)
      - Okay, I'll bite... By: FuwaFuwaUsagi (2007-09-20 21:50)
      - C'mon Bubba! By: (2007-09-18 16:01)
      - AAFD Seal and SBA Registry By: michael webster (2007-09-21 10:33)
      - so what are they? By: (2007-09-21 08:30)
      - Reality Devoid of Evidence By: (2007-09-24 12:46)
      - Gossip... pssst, heard this? By: (2007-09-24 12:03)
      - Item 20 FTC/IFA assertions lack substance... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 12:04)
      - Can TIF Do It? By: (2008-01-30 14:26)
        HAHAHA By: RichardSolomon (2007-07-02 14:16)
        Truth from an Officer of the Court about an Officer of the Court By: (2007-07-02 11:44)
        It's attitudes like this By: jd (2007-07-02 14:26)
        In a Distress Sale of a Franchise By: (2007-07-02 14:36)
        No you name FIVE! By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-20 15:40)
        Who is this Item 20 Ranter person? By: (2007-09-20 15:49)
        JD ---Get off of it! ---Reliable negativity! By: (2007-09-19 11:20)
        My God, Man - Shiraz is a Drink By: RichardSolomon (2007-09-20 14:06)
        Michael the Item 20 Ranter hates anything franchise related By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-21 10:38)
        AAFD Seal and SBA Franchise Registry By: (2007-09-21 11:10)
        I asked the question you owe the answer... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-21 08:40)
        Induction junction By: (2007-09-24 13:33)
        Aligned interests the Rule? By: (2007-09-24 13:27)
        Gossip in Law Reviews ?---The Lie of the UFOC Confirmed By: (2007-09-24 13:10)
        Franchise Performance Financial Information By: RichardSolomon (2007-09-19 12:00)
        Purpose By: Bubba Sparky (2007-09-18 18:25)
        So, I should be endearing like you...An Insulting Boor? By: Truth in Franchising (2008-01-30 14:44)
        I simply won't comply... By: (2007-07-02 14:19)
        "Don't Tread On Me" By: Bob Frankman (2007-07-02 12:17)
        I simply won't comply... By: (2007-07-02 14:20)
        Tax Return Danger By: Paul Steinberg (2007-07-02 14:33)
        C'mon, jd By: Paul Steinberg (2007-07-02 14:35)
        Many franchsiees feel the same way! By: (2007-07-02 14:36)
        Julie must have low IQ for truth and work for the Government By: (2007-09-20 16:12)
        The Perfect Person By: RichardSolomon (2007-09-20 18:19)
        Read my prior posts By: jd (2007-09-19 11:48)
        Criteria for AAFD Seal By: (2007-09-21 11:34)
        Again... By: (2007-09-21 08:53)
        It is okay to have ideas "30", in fact it is encouraged... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 13:48)
        Item 20 Guest on FTC and IFA Payroll By: (2007-09-24 13:41)
        Pedantic superfluous hyperbole By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 13:37)
        What's In It for the FTC? By: (2007-09-24 13:34)
        FTC/IFA Conspiracy Theory Debunked... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 13:30)
        TIF on Item 20 By: michael webster (2007-09-21 16:08)
        AAFD and Robert Purvin ----- Who told truth about .......fraud By: (2007-09-21 12:53)
        AAFD and High Failure Rates of First Term Franchisees By: michael webster (2007-09-21 15:13)
        Above Smith Quote in Nobel Prize Speech By: Pualani (2007-09-25 12:21)
        What is the Truth anyways? By: (2008-01-30 15:35)
        TIF-TROLL Can Take it!!?? By: (2008-01-30 18:25)
        LETHAL ENVIRONMENT and Don't Tread on Me By: (2007-07-02 12:59)
        Regulation Compared By: (2007-07-02 12:28)
        LETHAL ENVIRONMENT By: RichardSolomon (2007-07-02 12:49)
        GO FOR IT! By: RichardSolomon (2007-07-02 14:34)
        Franchisees across the country should withold royalties By: (2007-07-02 14:39)
        But Paul, By: jd (2007-07-02 14:47)
        Single Unit/Not Concept By: FranSynergy (2007-07-02 14:52)
        Regulatory capture By: (2007-09-24 14:12)
        Misogynist By: (2007-09-20 16:49)
        TiF took the bait By: Paul Steinberg (2007-10-05 20:58)
        Warmest horse pucky to you! By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-21 10:33)
        Rumors and more rumors By: (2007-09-24 14:33)
        Serious Allegations need Serious Attention By: (2007-09-24 14:29)
        Forgot to Sign... By: (2007-09-24 13:42)
        Guest 20 you have a point... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 13:38)
        Guest 20 you have a point... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 13:38)
        Solomon and Kervorkian By: (2007-09-20 18:35)
        Good Catch By: michael webster (2007-09-21 15:17)
        AAFD Seal and Franchise Failure By: michael webster (2007-09-21 15:20)
        Care to register anonymously? By: Truth in Franchising (2008-01-30 15:57)
        The Wisdom of Solomon ----Warn our Vets about Patriot Express By: (2007-07-02 12:55)
        No Regulation might be Better than Inffective Regulation By: (2007-07-02 12:50)
        Go in peace, don't be a rube, practice safe franchising!!! By: (2007-07-02 13:06)
        Ontario Franchise Act By: michael webster (2007-07-02 13:09)
        Canadian Regulation By: (2007-07-02 13:12)
        Solomon's existential angst By: Paul Steinberg (2007-07-02 14:38)
        UNION ----That's what they are afraid of! By: (2007-07-02 14:49)
        POS, not IRS By: Paul Steinberg (2007-07-03 07:45)
        Reconstructing the franchise model By: RichardSolomon (2007-09-24 19:17)
        The only bells you hear ringing Item 20 Ranter are in your head! By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 15:01)
        Please clarify what you mean by the quote from your post, guest By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 14:52)
        Les, Is that you? By: Bob Frankman (2007-09-24 15:04)
        Attorneys don't jump up and down --- only sideways By: (2007-09-24 15:15)
        Poetic Justice ---The Lie of the UFOC --Tongue in Cheek By: (2007-09-24 14:03)
        Kervorkian LifeChange MedSpa By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-20 19:16)
        Page 10 of Spencer Report contains quote from Purvin By: (2007-09-21 15:52)
        UEL for Spenser Disclosure in Regulation pg By: (2007-09-21 15:31)
        Pudding... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-10-06 07:47)
        Re 16 CFR Part 436 ----The RULE protects the franchiSOR By: (2007-09-25 12:50)
        I need to know what the Truth is first. By: (2008-01-30 16:59)
        Answer Your Own Question By: (2008-01-30 18:31)
        Whether you like it or not people will always fool themselves By: (2007-07-02 13:03)
        Who gets to decide what is a material fact? By: (2007-07-02 13:15)
        Les is busy mowing lawns at the moment... By: (2007-07-02 13:15)
        Les Stewart and Opportunism By: michael webster (2007-07-02 13:17)
        Z-rube are there any good franchisors out there? By: (2007-07-02 14:52)
        Sing it with me...We Shall Overcome! By: (2007-07-02 14:57)
        Good franchisees don't want unions By: (2007-07-02 15:09)
        NEVER By: RichardSolomon (2007-07-02 15:40)
        Franchise banking By: (2007-09-24 17:41)
        Item 20 Ranter's opinions are not facts... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 15:23)
        Thanks for the link By: michael webster (2007-09-21 15:56)
        AAFD, Seal and Economic Viability By: michael webster (2007-09-21 16:06)
        What is needed is disclosure of performance statistics By: (2007-09-25 10:26)
        Call the psychic hotline again and ask... By: Truth in Franchising (2008-01-30 18:10)
        Too funny... By: Truth in Franchising (2008-01-30 18:42)
        Material Facts By: michael webster (2007-07-02 13:20)
        The Arbitrator By: (2007-07-02 13:49)
        Wiki Wonka and the Chocolate Factory By: RichardSolomon (2007-09-24 19:20)
        How would you like to deconstruct and reconstruct franchising? By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 19:07)
        Fun? By: Bob Frankman (2007-09-24 18:30)
        But Item 20 Ranter...Solomon says and I quote... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-25 10:44)
        TIF'S Message? By: (2008-01-30 18:48)
        TIF'S at a LOSS By: (2008-01-30 19:03)
        Essential isn't always Material and Material isn't Essential By: (2007-07-02 13:27)
        Do you really expect us to believe this hogwash? By: (2007-07-02 14:16)
        Janet Spark's story mentioned "flawed business plan" CB By: (2007-07-02 14:19)
        Yes it is fun in a way... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-24 19:18)
        Wiki Wonka By: Bob Frankman (2007-09-24 20:42)
        The Rise and Fall...? By: (2007-09-25 17:23)
        The Rise (& Fall?) of the Franchising Empire By: (2007-09-25 17:30)
        Go baby, go... By: Truth in Franchising (2008-01-30 18:56)
        No loss here... By: Truth in Franchising (2008-01-30 19:08)
        Sometimes attorneys even use punctuation to deceive! By: (2007-07-02 13:33)
        Hogwash By: (2007-07-02 17:54)
        Silence in Naming Good Concepts Is Indeed Deafening By: (2007-09-24 20:54)
        The Same Question was posed to you... By: (2007-09-25 09:38)
        Rent-seeking (not rent) Credence goods? By: (2007-09-25 13:58)
        A Modern Day Nostradamus... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-25 17:58)
        Another Troll Answer By: (2008-01-30 19:18)
        It isn't the Item 20 Ranter Hates franchising!! By: Do Diligence (2008-02-09 13:02)
        IFA-FTC-and ABA Party Together By: (2008-02-09 14:30)
        BALONEY By: RichardSolomon (2007-07-02 14:13)
        I don't care who you are...guest poster By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-25 09:46)
        Stuff up your nose beside your finger? By: RichardSolomon (2007-09-25 15:22)
        Capital will find its way to good investments IF the FTC By: (2007-09-25 18:38)
        SBA By: FuwaFuwaUsagi (2007-09-25 22:36)
        Oh boorish one let me point out to you... By: Truth in Franchising (2008-01-30 19:29)
        Item 20 Ranter Doesn't hate Franchising By: (2008-02-09 15:25)
        anarchist? By: (2007-09-25 09:57)
        Item 20 Ranter tag you're it... By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-25 19:24)
        People in glass vans down by the river... By: (2008-01-31 10:49)
        You may rant but I love what you say!!!! By: Do Diligence (2008-02-09 19:23)
        Rube would be a teriffic moniker for you to register! By: Truth in Franchising (2007-09-25 10:36)
        I don't have any idea who you are? You're not registered. By: Truth in Franchising (2008-01-31 12:39)