The Old Glory Act of 2005

[Colin]

I am sorry to say this Mr. President but this is one of the worst bills I have seen in my time as an Atlasian. This would do nothing but put more costs on business. It would not help alleviate the problems that you describe and you probably make it easier for people to boycott Atlasian products. This bill is a clear example of the Federal government overstepping its power and imposing its will upon corporations. The closest thing that I can compare this to is the Stamp Act of 1764. I think that this bill serves no purpose and should be rejected by every Senator.

[Colin]

I am sorry to say this Mr. President but this is one of the worst bills I have seen in my time as an Atlasian. This would do nothing but put more costs on business. It would not help alleviate the problems that you describe and you probably make it easier for people to boycott Atlasian products. This bill is a clear example of the Federal government overstepping its power and imposing its will upon corporations. The closest thing that I can compare this to is the Stamp Act of 1764. I think that this bill serves no purpose and should be rejected by every Senator.

I am not taxing people like the Stamp Act.

I see no problem with this. How expecnive could it be to stamp the flag on a box?

Well not for a single box but those cost adds up if your a big company like Coca-Cola that exports alot of material overseas. It would also add more burden to the smaller corporations leading them to stop exportation.

[Colin]

This doesn't serve any real perpose, and, in the end, will only end up cost companies more money.  Money that they could be spending on health-care, day-care and expansion of their business.  Sorry, I have to oppose this.

This is primarily for business and charites.

And accoridng to my calculations yearly a multi-billion dollar company like Pepsi and Coca Cola will acumualte on stamping an Atlasian flag on each box only a TENTH of their total yearly earnings.

Number one a tenth of their earnings is still a huge amount. Also you forget to factor in the amount they would lose from people not buying something with an Atlasian flag on it.

Coke owns some products like Fanta that are very popular in Europe since they are very "European" soft drinks but they are bottled in the Atlasia. Stamping a big Atlasian flag on them would probably not help their popularity overseas.

[Colin]

This doesn't serve any real perpose, and, in the end, will only end up cost companies more money.  Money that they could be spending on health-care, day-care and expansion of their business.  Sorry, I have to oppose this.

This is primarily for business and charites.

And accoridng to my calculations yearly a multi-billion dollar company like Pepsi and Coca Cola will acumualte on stamping an Atlasian flag on each box only a TENTH of their total yearly earnings.

Sorry, Mr. President, but:

Do you have any clue how hard it is to turn a profit in the business world?  It probably seems really easy, but after you take into account investment and shareholders, a 3% profit is generally considered really good.  Companies aren't going to risk taking a hit.  They will just cut benefits.  

In the meantime, the idea of putting our flag on every product will be basically like waving our penis to the rest of the world.  This is one of the most ill considered plans I have ever heard of.  It will not work, countries that like us will just be offended and countries that don't will either stop purchasing our goods or they will repackage them.  Forget it!

THANK YOU SENATOR!