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[USER=1920]@Bill Simmons[/USER] tweet just came across:

“The FTC opens the hood on automobile distribution.”

http://www.autonews.com/article/20160105/RETAIL/160109946/ftc-seeks-comment-on-state-auto-retailing-laws


“Are consumers benefitting from the current distribution system for automobiles or are changes needed?” wrote the FTC’s Tara Isa Koslov, from the Office of Policy Planning, and James Frost, from the Bureau of Competition, in a notice titled “The FTC opens the hood on automobile distribution.”


“It has been many years since the FTC took a deep dive into the business dynamics and regulatory framework of this industry. The time has come for us to kick the tires again in this critical sector of the U.S. economy,” they wrote



Warning, this is not another nuisance, this is a significant threat to the dealer franchise industry.


This moves us from Defcon 5 to Defcon 4.

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