Comments on: Satan’s Plan in Utah State Legislature http://www.optoblog.com/2006/02/14/satans-plan-in-utah-state-legislature/ Personal Opinion Blog of David Langford Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Langford http://www.optoblog.com/2006/02/14/satans-plan-in-utah-state-legislature/comment-page-1/#comment-83 David Langford Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:17:11 +0000 http://www.optoblog.com/?p=104#comment-83 Now Bob Bennet is trying to do 1800's bidding at the federal level: http://www.clspectrum.com/cls_breakingnews.aspx?tm=4/9/2006 It looks like those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Private label lens market has been studied before: "1-800 Contacts tried to persuade the United States Congress and the Federal Trade Commission that contact lens manufacturers should have to sell all their lenses to it, using the same kinds of arguments they are now using in support of state legislation. The Federal Trade Commission conducted an exhaustive study of this issue and expressly rejected 1-800 Contacts’ arguments. The FTC found that the evidence does “not support the conclusion that these restrictions on distribution harm competition and consumers…” -from http://www.coopervision.com/legislativenews/ What is the deal with these Utah law makers and their inability to understand free market economics. Maybe 1800 should look at their business plan instead of legislation. Now Bob Bennet is trying to do 1800′s bidding at the federal level:
http://www.clspectrum.com/cls_breakingnews.aspx?tm=4/9/2006

It looks like those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Private label lens market has been studied before:
“1-800 Contacts tried to persuade the United States Congress and the Federal Trade Commission that contact lens manufacturers should have to sell all their lenses to it, using the same kinds of arguments they are now using in support of state legislation. The Federal Trade Commission conducted an exhaustive study of this issue and expressly rejected 1-800 Contacts’ arguments. The FTC found that the evidence does “not support the conclusion that these restrictions on distribution harm competition and consumers…” -from http://www.coopervision.com/legislativenews/

What is the deal with these Utah law makers and their inability to understand free market economics. Maybe 1800 should look at their business plan instead of legislation.

]]> By: David Langford http://www.optoblog.com/2006/02/14/satans-plan-in-utah-state-legislature/comment-page-1/#comment-82 David Langford Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:55:28 +0000 http://www.optoblog.com/?p=104#comment-82 These charactors forgot to include in their bill the private label contact lens solutions! What about that, huh? These charactors forgot to include in their bill the private label contact lens solutions! What about that, huh?

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