Arlington, VA

NIR News has looked over the complaints submitted to the FTC and has found since 07/2002 to 10/2015 there has been 429 complaints about the Better Business Bureau. And 24 of them are from military members.

Most of the complaints deal with deception and misrepresentation. Some of the complaints have been marked as TSR/other. I am not sure what that marking is. It is something the FTC uses.

The Better Business Bureau is supposed to be the champion for the consumer and stop bad companies from doing wrong. The question is if the BBB is doing this, then why do they have some many complaints?

Many complaints are from small business owners who either did not fill out the questionnaire they send out of they did not send it in time.

Other complaints deal with consumers complaining because the BBB sided with the accredited member even thou they had proof of wrongdoing.

A few complaints are from companies who have been asking to become accredited members. Some said when they refused their grade dropped. Others said when they did join their grade went up.

Granted some of these companies was before the 20/20 ABC story revealing that the BBB was selling memberships for grades. Even thou, the president of the BBB at the time, said it was an isolated issue. After reviewing the list of complaints, I would beg to differ.

Other facts show the issues are still happening. I think the BBB needs a complete overhaul of all policies and procedures.

What do you think needs to be done? Comment below and tell NIR News what you think.

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Mr. President has had enough after continuous obstructionism by the Republicans in the last seven years. He has decided to lock heads with the selfish legislators in the Congress who have done all they could to hinder social development and progress in this country.

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Recently, the President made headlines by issuing an executive order to seal up the lacuna that enables people to avoid the firearm background check system cleverly. Right now he is focusing his attention on the vast sums of money which is eroding the place of integrity in our political system and gradually revealing the foundations of the democracy of the United States which is one of the oldest.

He is keen on making a proposal that will compel government contractors to disclose their contributions to lobbying firms and politically active groups such as Super PACs in a bid to ensure more transparency and accountability.

This move by Mr. President will have a significant and wide-reaching effect as it was estimated by the Public Citizen Congress Watch that 70 percent of Fortune 100 companies including General Electric, Apple, Exxon Mobil and General Motors had federal contracts to the tune of $100,000 in the previous year.

Democrats have welcomed the idea; President Obama has been sent a letter by 155 House Democrats encouraging him to issue the order. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the House Minority leader in a statement, said that “requiring corporations to disclose their unlimited spending in our elections was the only path the misguided Citizens United Supreme Court decision left us to protect the sanctity of our democracy.”

As everyone would expect, the politicians belonging to the Republican Party are shocked by the fact that it would no longer be possible for them to deny how their corporate donors are influencing their legislative activities instead of first putting into consideration the desires and needs of those who voted them in.

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Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the Majority Leader of the Senate, complained about the president’s bravery and lack of “respect for the process.”
“I believe that’s the word he used, right? Audacious? My goodness. I mean, does the president not have any respect for the process? Goodness, gracious. By that standard, President Obama is Wilsonian, as if there are just no boundaries beyond which he cannot push. Apparently, their strategy is to overreach everywhere for as long as they can.”

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Florida International University [FIU] / Miami, Florida

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