Not just un-american. Just plain dumb. Government shouldnt say to you if theres a market or not. Its to people to figure it out. We need more liberties.
Ryan Flota is contradicting himself. He's saying that, if a new moving company sets up business, then an established moving company would probably go bankrupt. If the established company goes bankrupt and the new competitor succeeds, that means that the new competitor is doing something that the established business has been failing to do. That, in itself, demonstrates the "need" for the new competitor. Ryan Flota is defending mediocrity.
This is the most insane thing I have ever seen. This dude from the "Household Goods" whatever knows he sounds stupid. "I didn't create the law I just abide by the law." Crazy!
More like exploit it and happy it's in his favor ......but I bet if there was a law saying he had to blow the commission to maintain his license he'd be calling for a riot in the streets
4:00 "Consumers go for the cheapest price" Translation: "Consumers are too stupid to decide whether or not a company offers a quality service, so we have to decide for them"
Sub translation: we over charge and the only way to continue to do that is to bar other people from working who will do the same job or better for less money
Every Nazi German officer when asked why they did what they did after ww2 at the tribunal just before they were executed......... I was just following orders
here in Canada where I live there is a law saying a business ca't permeate an area. All the Safeway stores in my town were bought by Save On Foods and they were told they can't have all the Safeway stores.
3:06 the balls to say that they need to protect consumers from companies that are not in the position to offer good service. Like people are not able to decide for themselvs what is good service or not. but that is just an excuse to limit competition
If there were 15 companies then they would need to provide a better service, better price to get that customer. There are enough customers for everyone and reasons you why they choose the one the do, cost, hours open, customer service, referals, location, quality, etc. Have pride and faith in a proper run company and you have nothing to fear. Ego takes you no where.
"Consumers go for the cheapest price, John." Uhhh, no they don't. A whopping 80% of consumers are willing to spend more for a better service. That's how named brand cereals stay in business. When I was buying wiper blades for my car, I didn't go for the cheapest price, because I knew they were going to be crap. When I buy bath soap, I don't go for the cheapest one. I go for the one I like. This has been researched time and time again. How the hell is he that disconnected from reality?!
Moving license cost over 10k in Chicago because of this reason and it's not guaranteed because of company like United van-lines, mayflower and two man truck
4:00 "consumers go for the cheapest price" yes, cheapest price that WORKS and is well rated thats the whole point of competition, finding the best company with the best price whitou competition, we seen countless of times that they either raise prices or lower quality, or both
It's all about blocking entry into the market. This should be illegal; it's not a free market. The older, larger corporations want to protect their profits by limiting the number of newcomers. Less competition is not good for the consumer. Let the consumer have options; and the free market will determine who is the best. If a company doesn't make the cut, then, it will shut its doors.
In Texas ...in order to get a pest control license to better service my apartment maintenance clients I have to have 40 hours of OTJ training with an established licensed pest control company ..... Dafuq!?!?!? " hey big box company? Wanna teach me to do your job so I can take some of your work from you?"
John Stossel Videos Greatest Common Denominator: "I'm not the one who passed the law, I'm just abiding by it" and what they don't say is "...AND I'M JUST FINE GLUTTING OFF IT TOO!"
2:50 "lets say a town population of 20 000 people, would it be beneficial for the consumers to have 15 moving companies in that area?" DEFINETLY, because then the people would be able to choose the best company that they like the most, and the low quality competition would go bankkrupt
Restrictions and regulations is not what made America the greatest nations in recorded history. People flocked to her shores because of the freedom they hope to enjoy. And the free spirit is what built America. Sadly these days, the branches of freedom are being cut down, individual responsibilities are being handed over to government.
Not surprised hearing this about Kentucky...one of the backward states. And yes, "the bureaucracy CAN decide"...all it takes is enough campaign contributions.
Wouldn't needing to get permission from your competition mean that they were colluding to keep competition at bay. Isn't there so federal law that companies are breaking. So why aren't those that deny to allow others to compete not arrested for colluding. Plus isn't it a conflict of interest to allow the competition to decided it you can compete. That must be a blue state or city.
This is such a bad law and John is right. The internet is the most powerful tool customers have. In Toronto a moving company was scamming people with hidden fees like going up and down stairs, if items weighed more then a certain amount, but guess what. The bad yelp and customer complaints got the attention from CBC market place and future customers stayed away from this place because of there practices. However, if someone still chooses to use this particular company, that's their chose
Stop licensing these businesses -- beyond a regular business license -- and you won't have to protect failing businesses from new and novel ones. Bad reputations matter. Theft would be illegal. And breach of contract occurs all the time without needing laws to preclude the contract from being written in the first place.
So there are a few good honest lawyers left in this country. You need to investigate weather their real motive is price fixing. If a company goes bankrupt then there is a reason. Poor service, over priced, poor management bad location refusal to adjust to market demands such as lowering costs. Price fixing is illegal or at least it used to be.
Well guess what “Household Goods” I ain’t using your serves. And I am darn sure not using anyones on your little movers union list. Welcome to America.
Why are you Americans surprised? There are laws which prohibit new clothing, new bedwear......There is so much corruption, I found it easier to import bedwear into Canada. But then again you people have more inportant things to worry about like Sharia law in Oklahoma, instead of bedwear.
Canada is far easier to startup and run a business. Much less regulation and strange taxation. Here's the top-ranked developed nations for ease of starting a business: 1 New Zealand 2 Canada 3 Singapore 4 Australia 5 Hong Kong 6 Lithuania 7 Ireland 8 The Netherlands 9 Malaysia 10 Taiwan 11 U.S. 12 Chile 13 U.K. 14 Portugal 15 Korea www.businessinsider.com/countries-easiest-to-start-a-business-in-2013-10
It's the reason I quit. All I was, was an unpaid tax collector. Between the government and my skumbag "partner" I went bankrupt. Don't bother stay at your job!!!
I had no idea laws like this even existed. This is absurd.
piemonkey321 the land of the free, right?
I thought I lived in America. Silly me.
@@acidrain6179 used to be
This might be the most un-american thing I have ever seen
gotwoh3ll Visit Congress sometime.
Not just un-american. Just plain dumb. Government shouldnt say to you if theres a market or not. Its to people to figure it out. We need more liberties.
I just don't understand...... The free market should decide who goes and who stays....
"competition would diminish their revenues"
*facepalm*
I face desked.
its called open market
That’s like saying we won’t allow something better than ours because people would buy It
@John Walker I am the wife. And my new boyfriend, my exhusband and their divorce attorney resent that comment.
exactly like thats the whole point of competition
Just one of many laws designed to stifle competition. Idiocy at its finest.
Idiocracy in the making
Ryan Flota is contradicting himself. He's saying that, if a new moving company sets up business, then an established moving company would probably go bankrupt. If the established company goes bankrupt and the new competitor succeeds, that means that the new competitor is doing something that the established business has been failing to do. That, in itself, demonstrates the "need" for the new competitor. Ryan Flota is defending mediocrity.
Absolutely unconstitutional.
Your right !! It pisses me off and I don't live there !!
This is the most insane thing I have ever seen. This dude from the "Household Goods" whatever knows he sounds stupid. "I didn't create the law I just abide by the law." Crazy!
More like exploit it and happy it's in his favor ......but I bet if there was a law saying he had to blow the commission to maintain his license he'd be calling for a riot in the streets
I'd bet his group did a lot of lobbying to get the law worded the way he wanted it
Spineless bastard imo
4:00
"Consumers go for the cheapest price"
Translation:
"Consumers are too stupid to decide whether or not a company offers a quality service, so we have to decide for them"
Sub translation: we over charge and the only way to continue to do that is to bar other people from working who will do the same job or better for less money
Time to boycott those "established" movers and put them out of business. Vote out the corruption in the state legislature.
Ron Helton I feel like most of these moving companies are paid through relo companies. So they have no real need to deal with individuals.
I concur, hold the politicians accountable.
wildcat moving company won the court case if anyone was wondering
Good, we need competition. Weed out the companies that are not innovating and are at a mediocre performance
I live in Tennessee and I had no idea that Kentucky had such outrageous laws as this. These laws should all be repealed!
"I'm not the one that set the law; i'm just abiding by it." Or I'm just doing my job. Where have I heard that phrase before?
doubledanzaXX " I vass chust following Oh-dahs".
Of course they'll abide by the very law they lobbied lawmakers to draft and pass
Except he spent half the time justifying the law. Two-faced industry coward.
Every Nazi German officer when asked why they did what they did after ww2 at the tribunal just before they were executed.........
I was just following orders
Where I come from, we call that a "cop-out."
That moving company mafia guy was a stone cold creep
"He's just obeying the law."
You talking about Ryan Flota? Agreed.
No wonder we are starting to slowly fall behind some of the other developed countries.
Texas once had some laws like this in trucking, decades ago. Glad we got rid of them.
Certificate of necessity? WTF?! Such BS!
Land of the free is more like land of the regulators. There are regulations for everything. Its absurd.
the land of the free?
Lies
I wonder what kinda kickbacks the lawmakers are getting.
What a joke, that's why we have those monopolies.
What else do you expect? Thieves, crooks and liars everywhere.
The guy that is afraid of competition has a really punchable face.
He deserves to go bankrupt. Period.
Yeah for sure! And a whiney little voice he’s got to know he’s a shady fuck backing barriers to entry!
The real solution to rising costs and stagnant wages, increase the competition to cut down on prices!
You need a "certificate of necessity" that "there is room in the market for them to operate? Wtf, is this even America?!
It's moving shit from one place to another. You don't need a licence.
here in Canada where I live there is a law saying a business ca't permeate an area. All the Safeway stores in my town were bought by Save On Foods and they were told they can't have all the Safeway stores.
This is unbelievable.
3:06 the balls to say that they need to protect consumers from companies that are not in the position to offer good service. Like people are not able to decide for themselvs what is good service or not. but that is just an excuse to limit competition
These laws are so unamerican!
If there were 15 companies then they would need to provide a better service, better price to get that customer. There are enough customers for everyone and reasons you why they choose the one the do, cost, hours open, customer service, referals, location, quality, etc. Have pride and faith in a proper run company and you have nothing to fear. Ego takes you no where.
This shows just how much of this "red tape" that we have to deal with. Especially for low skill requirements companies.
John, I love you to share stories like this. We are killing ourselves.
This is true in Pennsylvania. He said half the states.
my neighbor told me about this years ago, large business has territorial "rights"
"Consumers go for the cheapest price, John."
Uhhh, no they don't. A whopping 80% of consumers are willing to spend more for a better service. That's how named brand cereals stay in business. When I was buying wiper blades for my car, I didn't go for the cheapest price, because I knew they were going to be crap. When I buy bath soap, I don't go for the cheapest one. I go for the one I like. This has been researched time and time again.
How the hell is he that disconnected from reality?!
People look for the CHEAPEST high quality items, that's the point
Pretty sure Apple wouldve been out of business years ago if consumers were not willing to pay premium prices for "quality products".
Moving license cost over 10k in Chicago because of this reason and it's not guaranteed because of company like United van-lines, mayflower and two man truck
That reminds me of Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule from Atlas Shrugged. Never thought that this book could be successfully used as an instruction manual.
Wtf happened to a market of free enterprise?? This is bull crap
They will go for the lowest price
So you don’t want to compete with someone offering a lower price? How the frick does that protect consumers?
Thank you. I fully understand supply side economics now. It was always unclearwhen talking about cell phones but you have made sense once again....
I have only had major moving companies double the cost at destination. It always ends up costing more. I refuse to use movers if I pay for it
Does Mr. Stossel have a follow-up video to this so that we can find out what happened with the lawsuit?
Having to get approval from your competition is insane! If you really can compete, they will say NO!
4:00 "consumers go for the cheapest price"
yes, cheapest price that WORKS and is well rated
thats the whole point of competition, finding the best company with the best price
whitou competition, we seen countless of times that they either raise prices or lower quality, or both
What I hate are moving companies that either mis-handle your furniture or ransom it by jacking up the price, after the fact.
It's all about blocking entry into the market. This should be illegal; it's not a free market. The older, larger corporations want to protect their profits by limiting the number of newcomers. Less competition is not good for the consumer. Let the consumer have options; and the free market will determine who is the best. If a company doesn't make the cut, then, it will shut its doors.
That's the lawyer I'd want in my corner...he cares enough to get worked up lol
In Texas ...in order to get a pest control license to better service my apartment maintenance clients
I have to have 40 hours of OTJ training with an established licensed pest control company .....
Dafuq!?!?!?
" hey big box company? Wanna teach me to do your job so I can take some of your work from you?"
The so called land of the free.....
John Stossel Videos Greatest Common Denominator: "I'm not the one who passed the law, I'm just abiding by it" and what they don't say is "...AND I'M JUST FINE GLUTTING OFF IT TOO!"
Flota is a puppet. You go WILDCAT!!!!!
outrageous laws
I want to see follow ups to all of these videos.
2:55 Yes it would be beneficial to customers. More Offer on moving services with the same demand means the prices will go down.
We are anything but a FREE country. Freedom is a thing of the past.
2:50 "lets say a town population of 20 000 people, would it be beneficial for the consumers to have 15 moving companies in that area?"
DEFINETLY, because then the people would be able to choose the best company that they like the most, and the low quality competition would go bankkrupt
Restrictions and regulations is not what made America the greatest nations in recorded history. People flocked to her shores because of the freedom they hope to enjoy. And the free spirit is what built America. Sadly these days, the branches of freedom are being cut down, individual responsibilities are being handed over to government.
Regulators are great, aren't they. So useful.
Not surprised hearing this about Kentucky...one of the backward states. And yes, "the bureaucracy CAN decide"...all it takes is enough campaign contributions.
this is going on everywhere in Europe
I new it was this way with new car dealers but not every other business as well.
Wouldn't needing to get permission from your competition mean that they were colluding to keep competition at bay. Isn't there so federal law that companies are breaking. So why aren't those that deny to allow others to compete not arrested for colluding. Plus isn't it a conflict of interest to allow the competition to decided it you can compete. That must be a blue state or city.
Glad l live in Canada.
This is such a bad law and John is right. The internet is the most powerful tool customers have. In Toronto a moving company was scamming people with hidden fees like going up and down stairs, if items weighed more then a certain amount, but guess what. The bad yelp and customer complaints got the attention from CBC market place and future customers stayed away from this place because of there practices. However, if someone still chooses to use this particular company, that's their chose
Stop licensing these businesses -- beyond a regular business license -- and you won't have to protect failing businesses from new and novel ones. Bad reputations matter. Theft would be illegal. And breach of contract occurs all the time without needing laws to preclude the contract from being written in the first place.
these regulations are very totalitarian, and that's not an exaggeration
God damn i hate those bureaucrats
So there are a few good honest lawyers left in this country. You need to investigate weather their real motive is price fixing. If a company goes bankrupt then there is a reason. Poor service, over priced, poor management bad location refusal to adjust to market demands such as lowering costs. Price fixing is illegal or at least it used to be.
Well, I'm pretty sure that centralized planning has worked very well. You know, history...
We are bound and determined to destroy ourselves. I must say, we have been far more effective than any outside influences could have ever been.
This is MOB mentality !!!
That’s crazy!! It’s basically a cartel.
use free market and let the market decide who lives and dies
FREE PEOPLE DONT NEED PERMISSION FROM THE GOVERNMENT!
Build a better mousetrap and the regulators will beat a path to your door to block it!
and this is happening in the conservative paradise called Kentucky.
ha, saying they don't want a business to start because they are afraid it will fail and are protecting them. What BS.
"I don't want to lose"
People who can't innovate, regulates...
I dont trust ppl in suites
I NEVER would have thought that this was a real thing. How fucked up is that?!?!?!
It said that this video was 4 years old but they just described equity to a T
Well guess what “Household Goods” I ain’t using your serves. And I am darn sure not using anyones on your little movers union list. Welcome to America.
Why are you Americans surprised? There are laws which prohibit new clothing, new bedwear......There is so much corruption, I found it easier to import bedwear into Canada. But then again you people have more inportant things to worry about like Sharia law in Oklahoma, instead of bedwear.
If you are CANADIAN you have no room to talk...
Canada is far easier to startup and run a business. Much less regulation and strange taxation.
Here's the top-ranked developed nations for ease of starting a business:
1 New Zealand
2 Canada
3 Singapore
4 Australia
5 Hong Kong
6 Lithuania
7 Ireland
8 The Netherlands
9 Malaysia
10 Taiwan
11 U.S.
12 Chile
13 U.K.
14 Portugal
15 Korea
www.businessinsider.com/countries-easiest-to-start-a-business-in-2013-10
I really love how people like to obey laws. REALLY. (FYI: SARCASM!)
oh man, KY what a joke guys, come on.
Ya America like to tighten her noose
"I didn't make the law" you seem to love that it exists though.
Borderline Monopoly law
Wouldn’t the amount of business that he’s booking justify his existence?
Rip off!
Let the market sort it out.
So glad I'm not a yank.
God, the stupidity. It hurts.
It's the reason I quit. All I was, was an unpaid tax collector. Between the government and my skumbag "partner" I went bankrupt. Don't bother stay at your job!!!
So what if they bankrupt? So what if consumers go for the cheapest price? they get what they want ;)
What happened to the idea of building a better mousetrap
This “competition is mean to me” stuff has been around for a long time. Marx’s “anarchy of production” is a prime example of this mentality
I don't think it is up to the competition to decide that at all.
No wonder Kentucky sucks so bad.
in soviet u s and a, service sector drives YOU :-\