Who's in Your Pocket?: The Real Cost of Operating Your Business in AmericaDoes it seem your business is making less than you expect? Would it surprise you to find out that predator industries are bilking billions of dollars a year from businesses just like yours? Ask yourself, who's in your pocket? Skimming the Cream takes an uncompromising look at how predatory industries and corporations are stripping billions of dollars a year from small businesses in overcharges by erroneous and flawed systematic billing practices. Learn who, where and how you can recover your money. AUTHOR BIO Darren Oliver has spent over twenty years working with businesses that range in size from the independent business owner to large national corporations. He has personally acquired hundreds of clients while his companies and organizations have acquired literally thousands. Each and every one of their clients had unknowingly forfeited tens of thousands to hundreds of dollars by the circumstances outlined in this book. As a consultant to individuals, businesses, and organizations across the United States he has raised the awareness of corporate policies and helped his clients recapture tens of millions of dollars from industries and corporations that prey on the innocence of the American businessperson. He has written numerous articles and comments on the subject that have been printed and distributed nationally. As a further gesture to fairness he illustrates the continuous abuse of industry billing practices and what you can do to protect yourself as well as ways to recapture your lost revenue. Darren has spoken to and trained thousands of independent consultants, business owners, and employees on ways to protect themselves from financial predators and hopes this book illustrates the steps you can take to protect you and your businesses revenue as well. |
Contents
Preface | 11 |
Land of the Not So Free | 13 |
Predator Industries | 23 |
Predator Watch | 35 |
The State of a Lease | 43 |
Workers Compensation Shakedown | 55 |
A Taxing Situation | 67 |
Utility Mongers | 79 |
Sales and Use What? | 97 |
Property Tax Shuffle | 103 |
The Freightening Cost of Shipping | 115 |
Cheaper Life and Health | 121 |
Predator Protection | 129 |
Conclusion | 135 |
Endnotes | 141 |
Tele My Congressman Please | 89 |
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