Place To Vent

[jdavis4082]

I'm so glad I found this board, I need to vent. I have my own factory/sales office so I make a living off the cigar industry, so i have a certain respect/love for it. Lately i can't help but feel disrespected by certain laws and political pressur that our goverment is applying to the industry. Everything seems to be harder just because my business is a 'cigar business'. It took me 4 months just to find a credit card merchant company to work with me, I applied with over 30 different companies and they all rejected me because visa/mastercard have been pressured by lawmakers on working with tobacco. Even getting an account for shipping with UPS has been a pain, they require you to sign certain contracts and make the process more difficult. Advertising is a pain, google.com has been giving me a hard time and i still havent gotten them to work with me. I'm sorry...but i just really needed to vent. I feel like the cigar industry is being treated unfairly by our government.
-Rick

If you want to feel disrespected by the law try being a young responsible adult. For example i bought a car when i was 16. But in reality by father bought it, you cant sign a legal document, such as a car title, until your 18. I had to fight with Centex Homes at great length to get my house built when i was 19. My wife works for Michaels Arts and Crafts, which has a policy that you cant participate in a 401K program untill your 21. I was turned down a managment position because of my age, which i was told by the interviewer, when i went to the companies human resource department the reasons and minimum qualifications for the position changed. At the point i am right now i cant go to casinos and i cant drink and worst of all i cant buy tabacco over the internet. these are freedoms that i can join the military to fight for and even worse be told i am going to fight for, the draft, yet i cant exercise them. so in a nutshell i can die fighting for a beer that im not allowed to have in my own home which i pay taxes on which helps to support these liberties. if i cant exercise these liberties then i shouldnt have to pay for them.


my opinion

[Crickett]

BTW, I didn't realize this thread was already in the politics forum :)