For anyone, anywhere on Planet Earth who wonders why the US economy is not recovering, and is not likely to recover with the present regime in place, OS shares this story from the Nashville Tennessean.
Now, mind you, the Tennessean has never met a Democrat politician it didn't love--the more to the left, the better, the stupider the better, the more corrupt the better. Hell, they even sheltered AlGore as a young man, had him on the staff as a writer because his Daddy was Senator Al Gore Sr and LittleAl needed to be parked somewhere, 'cause college just didn't agree with the boy.
So, for this paper to cover this story is noteworthy. Maybe it's dawning on them as well, since their business is barely holding together, that something may be terribly amiss with life under Himself and MassahHarry.
Remember, the Obama Administration wants to keep the border open, wants more people on welfare, wants to control the health-care system, objects to the idea of anyone actually having to identify themselves as they vote--they've got all that covered, ya'll. They love illegals, welfare dependency, and vote fraud--they live for it!
The real focus of their attention is on small business, 'cuz that's where the munney-is-hunney, and especially they hate those subversive....guitar makers and dealers.
Read and see if this makes sense to you:
Here’s how Tennessee retailers get approval to export a vintage guitar containing protected species of wood or animal products:
First, they must get export licenses from Fish and Wildlife and APHIS, which have to be renewed every year or two. Then they must apply for Fish and Wildlife permits to export each guitar containing protected plant or animal materials.
Retailers who get a permit must ship the guitar and export documents to be inspected in another city because there are no designated inspection stations in Tennessee. APHIS officials examine wood products containing Brazilian rosewood and other protected woods, while Fish and Wildlife agents inspect products containing animal products such as ivory. The nearest city with inspection offices for both agencies is Atlanta.
Individual musicians also need permits to leave the country with vintage guitars containing Brazilian rosewood, ivory or other protected materials, but they don’t need to submit Lacey Act paperwork when they come back to the U.S., APHIS officials say. Federal officials say they focus on commercial vendors and haven’t heard of any enforcement actions being taken against musicians.
The fees associated with permits and inspections can add up to more than $200 per guitar, said Jim Goldberg, Washington counsel for the National Association of Music Merchants. The shipping and insurance to get a guitar to an inspection station can cost an additional $150 or so, merchants say.
Time is the biggest cost, according to merchants. Fish and Wildlife officials say approving a permit usually takes two to three weeks, and inspections generally occur the day an instrument is received. But Goldberg said the entire process — from applying for a permit to shipping the guitar to the buyer — typically lasts closer to two or three months.
Gruhn Guitars’ latest attempt to ship two guitars to the Netherlands took five months, business manager Christie Carter said. She said she applied for a permit on Sept. 19 and received it on Nov. 8, but the guitars weren’t shipped until Jan. 26. Carter said they might have been shipped two weeks sooner had she better understood where to send them for inspection.
Few international buyers are willing to wait five months, Gruhn said.
This is what it takes to sell a vintage guitar, ya'll. Let's extrapolate that out to all the other businesses and products of a large economy, and ask ourselves 'Why don't businesses form and grow?'
Until the day comes when we elect both Houses and Senates at both state and federal level in overwhelming conservative majorities that will refuse to spend another penny of our money on nonsense like this, we will continue to stagnate and decline. Until we run people like the enviro-nuts and the inspectors and the layers of 'civil servants' who daily make war on the culture out on the proverbial rail, we will not recover.
It's really that simple, but it will be difficult to achieve. No time like the present to begin.
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