Comments on: Obama Shrugs? http://obamashrugged.com/?p=22 Shining a light on the Obama fundraising machine Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: John http://obamashrugged.com/?p=22#comment-18 John Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:06:37 +0000 http://obamashrugged.com/?p=22#comment-18 Jazz, There is a good write-up on AVS at Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Verification_System In my experience, the steps to enable or disable AVS are quite simple. The ecommerce tool that I most recently used, it was a simply check-box to enable/disable AVS, and once enabled, I could determine which AVS codes were acceptable and which would cause the transaction to be declined. It's actually quite flexible and can be configured to minimize the risk of fraud specific to your business. Of course, this assumes that the merchant account you have supports AVS - and most do. Hope that helped, John Jazz,

There is a good write-up on AVS at Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Verification_System

In my experience, the steps to enable or disable AVS are quite simple. The ecommerce tool that I most recently used, it was a simply check-box to enable/disable AVS, and once enabled, I could determine which AVS codes were acceptable and which would cause the transaction to be declined. It’s actually quite flexible and can be configured to minimize the risk of fraud specific to your business. Of course, this assumes that the merchant account you have supports AVS - and most do.

Hope that helped,

John

]]> By: Jazz http://obamashrugged.com/?p=22#comment-17 Jazz Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:49:43 +0000 http://obamashrugged.com/?p=22#comment-17 I've seen this detailed at Power Line and other sites, but perhaps the authors of this site could detail how Obama's apparent scheme works, i.e., the steps in disabling the AVS, the complexity of those steps, and the reasons why the credit card companies don't want the AVS disabled. The intricacy of the act of disabling the AVS and the policy reasons for having an enabled AVS, especially when viewed in light of campaign finance laws, are illuminating, and they cast doubt on the Obama camp's published rationale for engaging in this enterprise. The policy reasons for sn enabled AVS and the capabilities of the AVS also render Obama's explanation nigh on irrational. I’ve seen this detailed at Power Line and other sites, but perhaps the authors of this site could detail how Obama’s apparent scheme works, i.e., the steps in disabling the AVS, the complexity of those steps, and the reasons why the credit card companies don’t want the AVS disabled. The intricacy of the act of disabling the AVS and the policy reasons for having an enabled AVS, especially when viewed in light of campaign finance laws, are illuminating, and they cast doubt on the Obama camp’s published rationale for engaging in this enterprise. The policy reasons for sn enabled AVS and the capabilities of the AVS also render Obama’s explanation nigh on irrational.

]]> By: Albert Fredrick http://obamashrugged.com/?p=22#comment-11 Albert Fredrick Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:01:03 +0000 http://obamashrugged.com/?p=22#comment-11 Hi, This an interesting web-site title and reference to the book "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe her point in that book was to illustrate how society might react to an abusive government, where the productive workers are taxed in an extreme manner to redistribute the wealth. The premise, and title of the book, refer to the myth of Atlas, who carries the world on his back. She compares the productive people of this country to Atlas carrying the others, but when government decides to increase the burden the productive people, either individually or collectively, decide to simply shrug-off this burden because it has become too difficult to bear. That's how I interpreted her book. Many productive people I've talked to have such a plan if Obama gets his tax/redistribute plans accepted. This spells the end of the US economy as we know it. All the ills that plague other countries that have tried socialisn will find their way here. It is a natural response. Huge underground economies will develop. Black markets will materialize for every imaginable product. The government will lose control of tax revenues and the economy will collapse. Crime will become rampant, and so commonplace that it is accepted as it is in Mexico, for instance. US citizens who think they are so exploited now will wish things were back the way they were in 2008. How does one prepare for this? Hi,

This an interesting web-site title and reference to the book “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe her point in that book was to illustrate how society might react to an abusive government, where the productive workers are taxed in an extreme manner to redistribute the wealth. The premise, and title of the book, refer to the myth of Atlas, who carries the world on his back.

She compares the productive people of this country to Atlas carrying the others, but when government decides to increase the burden the productive people, either individually or collectively, decide to simply shrug-off this burden because it has become too difficult to bear. That’s how I interpreted her book.

Many productive people I’ve talked to have such a plan if Obama gets his tax/redistribute plans accepted.

This spells the end of the US economy as we know it. All the ills that plague other countries that have tried socialisn will find their way here. It is a natural response. Huge underground economies will develop. Black markets will materialize for every imaginable product. The government will lose control of tax revenues and the economy will collapse. Crime will become rampant, and so commonplace that it is accepted as it is in Mexico, for instance. US citizens who think they are so exploited now will wish things were back the way they were in 2008.

How does one prepare for this?

]]> By: PensiveGadfly http://obamashrugged.com/?p=22#comment-7 PensiveGadfly Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:35:55 +0000 http://obamashrugged.com/?p=22#comment-7 Have you tried to contribute to John McCain the same way? Have you tried to contribute to John McCain the same way?

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