The problem with many of these regulations is they cost money. You have to hire people just to make sure you are in compliance.

I have no problem with equal opportunity and such. What I have a problem with is the Government using it's power as the largest potential customer to convince/coerce (depending on your point of view) to act in a certain way.

As many of you have suggested, there are other choices in the home improvement market. What that tells me is that profit margins are probably slim and with more competition, getting slimmer.

I suspect, some bean counters simply figured out that the "cost" of "compliance" with all of the accounting and auditing of the "diversity" of the work place, costs more than the potential profit margins of selling to the government.

So they simply choose to not be considered a government "contractor" or business that does business with the Federal government.

I don't believe any smart business man chooses to be a "bigot" based on race, religion, color, creed or sexual orientation. That is not a smart business decision. However, if what they did was determine that it costs them money to have the government as a customer, they simply dropped them as a customer.

Cash, credit or any other purchase, doesn't matter. It rarely makes sense to knowingly lose money, if you are in business.

FWIW,

TB

Tony Boner
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